Chords for Gil-Shalos (Magic, Moondust, & Melancholy)

[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Marry a doctor [Em] and raise [A] some [D] kids, that's what [C] your [F] parents [A] said.
[Dm] They threw you out when you [G] [A] turned [D] away to the life of [C] a scholar [A] instead.
Now [F] you stand here [C] watching the keep [A] of dare [Dm] with a [C] thoughtful [G] and [A] worried brow.
[F] Gil [C] Patterson, what [D] would your [A] parents [Dm] say if [C] they could see [Dm] you now?
_ _ The history scholar [G] who [A] came to the dream [D] of a [C] dark and haunted [F] land.
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[Dm] Learned dreams were [C] true from [G] a wizard [A] who [Dm] came to [C] beg for [G] a haven [A] he planned.
[F] To hide in your [C] world [G] his infant [A]
prince, you [C] agreed [G] without taking [A] much thought.
But [F] the dark [C] came [Dm] hunting across [A] the [D] void, heading you to [C] the prey [Dm] they sought.
_ _ _ He pulled you to [C] safety [G] into [A] his [Dm] world, the dark [Am] blocked [F] all [A] return.
[Dm] Since you were no wizard, [G] then [A] to survive [D] the art [Em] of the [A] sword you would learn.
_ [F] Gone was the scholar [C] who [A] lived her life in [D] the [G] world [A] inside of her head.
_ [F] And in [C] her [Dm] place the [A] warrior made [Dm] Gil [C] Shalos good [Dm] instead. _
_ _ The royal [C] guard took [G] you to [A] its ranks, [Dm] you grew tough [C] and [F] battle [A] scarred.
[Dm] All trace of a weakness [C] was burned [A] away [D] like a weapon [C] that's [A] tempered hard.
_ [F] All the intensity [C] you [A] once paid to [D] the search [C] for [D] knowledge [A] and truth,
_ [F] Has been [C] re-aimed [Dm] at [A] survival, now [Dm] taking with it [C] the last [Dm] of your youth.
_ _ _ Hunger and [C] fear [G] have stiffened [A] your spine.
Pain is [C] a [F] fact, [A] _ [Dm] sleep brings only [C] [A] uneasy dreams.
[D] Waking [C] brings [A] struggle and strife.
[F] It was no magic [C] that forced the [A] change, but [C] agony, laughter [A] and tears.
And [F] you're [C] half in love with [Dm] that half [A]-mad [Dm] mage of easily [C] [A] twice your [Dm]
years.
_ But you've got a home with [Em] the [A] royal guard, and [Dm] you wear [C] their [F] silver and black.
[A] [Dm] Do you wonder now [Em] if you [A] had the chance, [Dm] if [Em] you still choose to [A] go back?
_ [F] You've paced the [C] halls of the keep [A] of dare with a troubled [C] and [A] pensive brow.
[F] Gil [C] Shalos, what would [Dm] your old [A] friends say [Dm] if [Em] they could see [Dm] you now?
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