Chords for Heralds, Harpers, and Havoc: Healer's Dilemma - Mercedes Lackey
Tempo:
101.25 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
Bm
F#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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My child, the [F#] child of [A] my [G] heart, though never of [F#] my name,
[B] Who shares my gift, [A] whose eyes, though young, [G] are mine the very same,
Who shares my every [Bm] thought, [Em]
whose skillful hands [G#] I taught so [G] well,
Now hear the [Bm] hardest lesson I [A] shall ever have to [Bm] tell.
[Bm] Young healer, I [A] have taught you all I [Gm] know of wounds and [F#] pain,
[B] Of illnesses [A] and all the herbs of blessing and of bane,
[G] Of all the usage [Bm] of your [Em] gift, all that I [F#] could impart,
[D] And how you learned, young healer, [A] brought rejoicing to [Bm] my heart.
[A] But there is yet one [B] lessoning I cannot [F#] give to you,
[G] For you must find [A] your own way there, [F#m] [Bm] judge what is sound and true.
[A] This lesson [Em] is the [G] cruelest ever [F#] healer [E] had to teach.
[G] It is what you [F#] must do, and there [A] are those you [F#] cannot [Bm] reach.
However great [A] your gift, there will be [G] times when you [F#] will fail.
[G] There will be those [A] you cannot help, [Bm] your skill cannot prevail.
[A] When you fight death [G] and lose to [F#] him, or what may yet [E] be worse,
[G] You win to find the [Bm] wreck he [A] left regards you with [F#m] a curse.
[Bm] [A] And worst of all [Bm] and harder still, the [G] times when it's [F#] a friend
Who [G] looks to you [A] to bring him peace and make [Bm] his torment end.
[A] What will you do, young [G] healer, when [F#] there's nothing you can [E] do?
[G] I can give [D] only counsel, for the [A] rest is up to [Bm] you.
This only will [A] I counsel you, [G] if you build [A#] a shell [G] of armor close [A] about you,
[Bm] Then you close yourself in hell.
[A] And if your heart should [G] harden, then [F#] your gift will [E] fade and die.
[G] And all that you [Bm] have lived and [F#m] learned will then become a [Bm] lie.
As you must, I [A] have faced the fear, [G] pain in dying [F#] eyes.
[Bm] Sometimes I [A] have told the truth, [G] and sometimes [A] gentle lies.
[Em] As [G] you will, I [Bm] have faced the times [Em] my skill brings no redress.
[F#] And wondered if my [B] gift was truly [A] meant to curse or [Bm] bless.
My child, your healing hands are guided [G] by your healing [F#] heart.
[Bm] That is all [A] the wisdom [G] all my learning can [A] impart.
You [G] take this [Bm] pain upon you as [Em] you challenge life unknown.
[G] And there can be [Bm] no answer here [A] but one, and that's [Bm] your own.
[B] Who shares my gift, [A] whose eyes, though young, [G] are mine the very same,
Who shares my every [Bm] thought, [Em]
whose skillful hands [G#] I taught so [G] well,
Now hear the [Bm] hardest lesson I [A] shall ever have to [Bm] tell.
[Bm] Young healer, I [A] have taught you all I [Gm] know of wounds and [F#] pain,
[B] Of illnesses [A] and all the herbs of blessing and of bane,
[G] Of all the usage [Bm] of your [Em] gift, all that I [F#] could impart,
[D] And how you learned, young healer, [A] brought rejoicing to [Bm] my heart.
[A] But there is yet one [B] lessoning I cannot [F#] give to you,
[G] For you must find [A] your own way there, [F#m] [Bm] judge what is sound and true.
[A] This lesson [Em] is the [G] cruelest ever [F#] healer [E] had to teach.
[G] It is what you [F#] must do, and there [A] are those you [F#] cannot [Bm] reach.
However great [A] your gift, there will be [G] times when you [F#] will fail.
[G] There will be those [A] you cannot help, [Bm] your skill cannot prevail.
[A] When you fight death [G] and lose to [F#] him, or what may yet [E] be worse,
[G] You win to find the [Bm] wreck he [A] left regards you with [F#m] a curse.
[Bm] [A] And worst of all [Bm] and harder still, the [G] times when it's [F#] a friend
Who [G] looks to you [A] to bring him peace and make [Bm] his torment end.
[A] What will you do, young [G] healer, when [F#] there's nothing you can [E] do?
[G] I can give [D] only counsel, for the [A] rest is up to [Bm] you.
This only will [A] I counsel you, [G] if you build [A#] a shell [G] of armor close [A] about you,
[Bm] Then you close yourself in hell.
[A] And if your heart should [G] harden, then [F#] your gift will [E] fade and die.
[G] And all that you [Bm] have lived and [F#m] learned will then become a [Bm] lie.
As you must, I [A] have faced the fear, [G] pain in dying [F#] eyes.
[Bm] Sometimes I [A] have told the truth, [G] and sometimes [A] gentle lies.
[Em] As [G] you will, I [Bm] have faced the times [Em] my skill brings no redress.
[F#] And wondered if my [B] gift was truly [A] meant to curse or [Bm] bless.
My child, your healing hands are guided [G] by your healing [F#] heart.
[Bm] That is all [A] the wisdom [G] all my learning can [A] impart.
You [G] take this [Bm] pain upon you as [Em] you challenge life unknown.
[G] And there can be [Bm] no answer here [A] but one, and that's [Bm] your own.
Key:
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Bm
F#
Em
A
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Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My child, the [F#] child of [A] my [G] heart, though never of [F#] my name,
[B] Who shares my gift, [A] whose eyes, though young, [G] are mine the very same,
Who shares my every [Bm] thought, [Em]
whose skillful hands [G#] I taught so [G] well,
Now hear the [Bm] hardest lesson I [A] shall ever have to [Bm] tell.
_ [Bm] _ Young healer, I [A] have taught you all I [Gm] know of wounds and [F#] pain,
[B] Of illnesses [A] and all the herbs of blessing and of bane,
[G] Of all the usage [Bm] of your [Em] gift, all that I [F#] could impart,
[D] And how you learned, young healer, [A] brought rejoicing to [Bm] my _ heart.
[A] But there is yet one [B] lessoning I cannot [F#] give to you,
[G] For you must find [A] your own way there, [F#m] [Bm] judge what is sound and true.
[A] This lesson [Em] is the [G] cruelest ever [F#] healer [E] had to teach.
[G] It is what you [F#] must do, and there [A] are those you [F#] cannot [Bm] reach.
_ _ However great [A] your gift, there will be [G] times when you [F#] will fail.
[G] There will be those [A] you cannot help, [Bm] your skill cannot prevail.
_ [A] When you fight death [G] and lose to [F#] him, or what may yet [E] be worse,
[G] You win to find the [Bm] wreck he [A] left regards you with [F#m] a curse.
[Bm] _ _ [A] And worst of all [Bm] and harder still, the [G] times when it's [F#] a friend
Who [G] looks to you [A] to bring him peace and make [Bm] his torment end.
[A] What will you do, young [G] healer, when [F#] there's nothing you can [E] do?
[G] I can give [D] only counsel, for the [A] rest is up to [Bm] you.
_ _ _ This only will [A] I counsel you, [G] if you build [A#] a shell [G] of armor close [A] about you,
[Bm] Then you close yourself in hell.
[A] And if your heart should [G] harden, then [F#] your gift will [E] fade and die.
[G] And all that you [Bm] have lived and [F#m] learned will then become a [Bm] lie.
_ _ _ As you must, I [A] have faced the fear, [G] pain in dying [F#] eyes.
[Bm] Sometimes I [A] have told the truth, [G] and sometimes [A] gentle lies.
[Em] As [G] you will, I [Bm] have faced the times [Em] my skill brings no redress.
[F#] And wondered if my [B] gift was truly [A] meant to curse or [Bm] bless. _
_ _ My child, your healing hands are guided [G] by your healing [F#] heart.
_ [Bm] That is all [A] the wisdom [G] all my learning can [A] impart.
You [G] take this [Bm] pain upon you as [Em] you challenge life unknown.
[G] And there can be [Bm] no answer here [A] but one, _ and that's [Bm] your own. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My child, the [F#] child of [A] my [G] heart, though never of [F#] my name,
[B] Who shares my gift, [A] whose eyes, though young, [G] are mine the very same,
Who shares my every [Bm] thought, [Em]
whose skillful hands [G#] I taught so [G] well,
Now hear the [Bm] hardest lesson I [A] shall ever have to [Bm] tell.
_ [Bm] _ Young healer, I [A] have taught you all I [Gm] know of wounds and [F#] pain,
[B] Of illnesses [A] and all the herbs of blessing and of bane,
[G] Of all the usage [Bm] of your [Em] gift, all that I [F#] could impart,
[D] And how you learned, young healer, [A] brought rejoicing to [Bm] my _ heart.
[A] But there is yet one [B] lessoning I cannot [F#] give to you,
[G] For you must find [A] your own way there, [F#m] [Bm] judge what is sound and true.
[A] This lesson [Em] is the [G] cruelest ever [F#] healer [E] had to teach.
[G] It is what you [F#] must do, and there [A] are those you [F#] cannot [Bm] reach.
_ _ However great [A] your gift, there will be [G] times when you [F#] will fail.
[G] There will be those [A] you cannot help, [Bm] your skill cannot prevail.
_ [A] When you fight death [G] and lose to [F#] him, or what may yet [E] be worse,
[G] You win to find the [Bm] wreck he [A] left regards you with [F#m] a curse.
[Bm] _ _ [A] And worst of all [Bm] and harder still, the [G] times when it's [F#] a friend
Who [G] looks to you [A] to bring him peace and make [Bm] his torment end.
[A] What will you do, young [G] healer, when [F#] there's nothing you can [E] do?
[G] I can give [D] only counsel, for the [A] rest is up to [Bm] you.
_ _ _ This only will [A] I counsel you, [G] if you build [A#] a shell [G] of armor close [A] about you,
[Bm] Then you close yourself in hell.
[A] And if your heart should [G] harden, then [F#] your gift will [E] fade and die.
[G] And all that you [Bm] have lived and [F#m] learned will then become a [Bm] lie.
_ _ _ As you must, I [A] have faced the fear, [G] pain in dying [F#] eyes.
[Bm] Sometimes I [A] have told the truth, [G] and sometimes [A] gentle lies.
[Em] As [G] you will, I [Bm] have faced the times [Em] my skill brings no redress.
[F#] And wondered if my [B] gift was truly [A] meant to curse or [Bm] bless. _
_ _ My child, your healing hands are guided [G] by your healing [F#] heart.
_ [Bm] That is all [A] the wisdom [G] all my learning can [A] impart.
You [G] take this [Bm] pain upon you as [Em] you challenge life unknown.
[G] And there can be [Bm] no answer here [A] but one, _ and that's [Bm] your own. _ _ _ _ _ _ _