Chords for Shadow Stalker: Magic's Price - Mercedes Lackey
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[D] Every year companions choose as they have done before.
The [A] chosen come with shining [G] hearts to learn the [A] Herald's lore.
And [D] every year the Herald's sigh and give the same [A] advice.
All those who would hold magic's power must then pay magic's price.
[D] Oh, there was danger in the North, [C] that's all that [Dm] none knew.
An enemy of power, darksouls, heralds, [A] elves, and slew.
[Gm] But only those with magic's gift were slain by [A] silent rage.
Till Vanya loved them all, was left the only [D] Herald mage.
[Gm] Yes, from the [Dm] North the danger [Gm] came beyond the [Dm] border far.
The forest did not stay dark [Gm] death, nor did the [A] mountains far.
[Gm] And Vanya [Dm] cried, we die, my [Gm] legion, no, not [A] by nowhere.
So [Am] send me North, my king, that I may find the [D] answers there.
[Am]
Then North went [G] Vanya not [C] alone, which was of little [Dm] aid.
A bard was [D] like to be to him, and Seven [A] was afraid.
[Gm] He feared that he would fail the quest a burden [A] proved to be.
Then not let Vanya go alone to face dark sorcery.
[Gm] So out [Dm] beyond the border, [Gm] there beyond the [Dm] forest tall,
into the mountain [Gm] steep they went, and it stood an [A] icy wall.
[Gm] To find the [Dm] white craft and [Gm] found there was a [A] passage new,
a path clean cut that [D] winding ran a level course and true.
[C]
[D] This path was wrought by Lord Kratthon, [C] you knew that when [Dm] he saw.
[A] The mountains [Dm] hewn by power of Ornopah, he [A] felled with awe.
[Dm] But to what [D] purpose something moved beyond them [A] on the trail.
[Am] They watched and hid, and what [D] did they found there turned them cold and pale.
[Gm] A party [Dm] moved in single [Gm] file by magic [Dm] cloaked and hid.
An army moved on [Gm] Valdemar that marched as [A] they were bid.
[Gm] A darker [Dm] force than weaponry [Gm] controlled the [A] man in place.
Oh, Vanya [D] looked and Vanya knew an ancient evil's face.
[G]
[D] Then Vanya [C] turned to Seven, and he told the [Dm] bard to ride.
[A] To warn the folk of Valdemar, they call me Magic's Pride.
[Gm] It's time I earned that name, now go, I'll hold this [A] army back.
[A] Until the arms of Valdemar can counter [D] their attack.
[Gm] So [Dm] Steppenrod and so it is, [Gm] no living [Dm] tongue can tell.
Have on your fort, nor what he wrought, [Gm] nor how the Herald [A] fell.
[Gm] The army [Dm] came, but not in time [Gm] to save the [A] Herald maid.
[Dm] Although the pass was scorched and cracked by [D] magic power's rage.
[A]
[D] They fought the dark [Am] one's back, although they came on wave by wave.
[A] No trace they [Dm] found of Vanya, nor of his [A] companion brain.
[Gm] They hardly found the Foggestone, the gift of [A] Steppen's hand.
Now blackened, burned and shattered [D] by the power that saved their land.
[Gm] They only found the Foreman, who into the woods [Dm] had fled.
And each one by unseen, uncanny [Gm] powers now [A] lay dead.
[Gm] As if the forest had somehow bestirred itself [A] that day.
Had [Am] Vanya, with his [D] dying breath, commanded trees to slay.
And still the [C] forest of the North guards [D] Valdemar from harm.
[A] For Vanya's dying [D] curse is stronger far than [A] mortal arm.
[G] And every gilded chosen come, despite the [A] old advice.
All those who would be Magic's [D] Pride must then pay Magic's price.
The [A] chosen come with shining [G] hearts to learn the [A] Herald's lore.
And [D] every year the Herald's sigh and give the same [A] advice.
All those who would hold magic's power must then pay magic's price.
[D] Oh, there was danger in the North, [C] that's all that [Dm] none knew.
An enemy of power, darksouls, heralds, [A] elves, and slew.
[Gm] But only those with magic's gift were slain by [A] silent rage.
Till Vanya loved them all, was left the only [D] Herald mage.
[Gm] Yes, from the [Dm] North the danger [Gm] came beyond the [Dm] border far.
The forest did not stay dark [Gm] death, nor did the [A] mountains far.
[Gm] And Vanya [Dm] cried, we die, my [Gm] legion, no, not [A] by nowhere.
So [Am] send me North, my king, that I may find the [D] answers there.
[Am]
Then North went [G] Vanya not [C] alone, which was of little [Dm] aid.
A bard was [D] like to be to him, and Seven [A] was afraid.
[Gm] He feared that he would fail the quest a burden [A] proved to be.
Then not let Vanya go alone to face dark sorcery.
[Gm] So out [Dm] beyond the border, [Gm] there beyond the [Dm] forest tall,
into the mountain [Gm] steep they went, and it stood an [A] icy wall.
[Gm] To find the [Dm] white craft and [Gm] found there was a [A] passage new,
a path clean cut that [D] winding ran a level course and true.
[C]
[D] This path was wrought by Lord Kratthon, [C] you knew that when [Dm] he saw.
[A] The mountains [Dm] hewn by power of Ornopah, he [A] felled with awe.
[Dm] But to what [D] purpose something moved beyond them [A] on the trail.
[Am] They watched and hid, and what [D] did they found there turned them cold and pale.
[Gm] A party [Dm] moved in single [Gm] file by magic [Dm] cloaked and hid.
An army moved on [Gm] Valdemar that marched as [A] they were bid.
[Gm] A darker [Dm] force than weaponry [Gm] controlled the [A] man in place.
Oh, Vanya [D] looked and Vanya knew an ancient evil's face.
[G]
[D] Then Vanya [C] turned to Seven, and he told the [Dm] bard to ride.
[A] To warn the folk of Valdemar, they call me Magic's Pride.
[Gm] It's time I earned that name, now go, I'll hold this [A] army back.
[A] Until the arms of Valdemar can counter [D] their attack.
[Gm] So [Dm] Steppenrod and so it is, [Gm] no living [Dm] tongue can tell.
Have on your fort, nor what he wrought, [Gm] nor how the Herald [A] fell.
[Gm] The army [Dm] came, but not in time [Gm] to save the [A] Herald maid.
[Dm] Although the pass was scorched and cracked by [D] magic power's rage.
[A]
[D] They fought the dark [Am] one's back, although they came on wave by wave.
[A] No trace they [Dm] found of Vanya, nor of his [A] companion brain.
[Gm] They hardly found the Foggestone, the gift of [A] Steppen's hand.
Now blackened, burned and shattered [D] by the power that saved their land.
[Gm] They only found the Foreman, who into the woods [Dm] had fled.
And each one by unseen, uncanny [Gm] powers now [A] lay dead.
[Gm] As if the forest had somehow bestirred itself [A] that day.
Had [Am] Vanya, with his [D] dying breath, commanded trees to slay.
And still the [C] forest of the North guards [D] Valdemar from harm.
[A] For Vanya's dying [D] curse is stronger far than [A] mortal arm.
[G] And every gilded chosen come, despite the [A] old advice.
All those who would be Magic's [D] Pride must then pay Magic's price.
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_ [D] _ _ Every year companions choose as they have done before.
The [A] chosen come with shining [G] hearts to learn the [A] Herald's lore.
And [D] every year the Herald's sigh and give the same [A] advice.
All those who would hold magic's power must then pay magic's price. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Oh, there was danger in the North, [C] that's all that [Dm] none knew.
An enemy of power, darksouls, heralds, [A] elves, and slew.
[Gm] But only those with magic's gift were slain by [A] silent rage.
Till Vanya loved them all, was left the only [D] Herald mage.
[Gm] Yes, from the [Dm] North the danger [Gm] came beyond the [Dm] border far.
The forest did not stay dark [Gm] death, nor did the [A] mountains far.
[Gm] And Vanya [Dm] cried, we die, my [Gm] legion, no, not [A] by nowhere.
So [Am] send me North, my king, that I may find the [D] answers there.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ Then North went [G] Vanya not [C] alone, which was of little [Dm] aid.
A bard was [D] like to be to him, and Seven [A] was afraid.
[Gm] He feared that he would fail the quest a burden [A] proved to be.
Then not let Vanya go alone to face dark sorcery.
[Gm] So out [Dm] beyond the border, [Gm] there beyond the [Dm] forest tall,
into the mountain [Gm] steep they went, and it stood an [A] icy wall.
[Gm] To find the [Dm] white craft and [Gm] found there was a [A] passage new,
a path clean cut that [D] winding ran a level course and true.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ This path was wrought by Lord Kratthon, [C] you knew that when [Dm] he saw.
[A] The mountains [Dm] hewn by power of Ornopah, he [A] felled with awe.
[Dm] But to what [D] purpose something moved beyond them [A] on the trail.
[Am] They watched and hid, and what [D] did they found there turned them cold and pale.
[Gm] A party [Dm] moved in single [Gm] file by magic [Dm] cloaked and hid.
An army moved on [Gm] Valdemar that marched as [A] they were bid.
[Gm] A darker [Dm] force than weaponry [Gm] controlled the [A] man in place.
Oh, Vanya [D] looked and Vanya knew an ancient evil's face.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Then Vanya [C] turned to Seven, and he told the [Dm] bard to ride.
[A] To warn the folk of Valdemar, they call me Magic's Pride.
[Gm] It's time I earned that name, now go, I'll hold this [A] army back.
[A] Until the arms of Valdemar can counter [D] their attack.
[Gm] So [Dm] Steppenrod and so it is, [Gm] no living [Dm] tongue can tell.
Have on your fort, nor what he wrought, [Gm] nor how the Herald [A] fell.
[Gm] The army [Dm] came, but not in time [Gm] to save the [A] Herald maid.
[Dm] Although the pass was scorched and cracked by [D] magic power's rage.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ They fought the dark [Am] one's back, although they came on wave by wave.
[A] No trace they [Dm] found of Vanya, nor of his [A] companion brain.
[Gm] They hardly found the Foggestone, the gift of [A] Steppen's hand.
Now blackened, burned and shattered [D] by the power that saved their land.
[Gm] They only found the Foreman, who into the woods [Dm] had fled.
And each one by unseen, uncanny [Gm] powers now [A] lay dead.
[Gm] As if the forest had somehow bestirred itself [A] that day.
Had [Am] Vanya, with his [D] dying breath, commanded trees to slay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And still the [C] forest of the North guards [D] Valdemar from harm.
[A] For Vanya's dying [D] curse is stronger far than [A] mortal arm.
[G] And every gilded chosen come, despite the [A] old advice.
All those who would be Magic's [D] Pride must then pay Magic's _ price. _ _
_ [D] _ _ Every year companions choose as they have done before.
The [A] chosen come with shining [G] hearts to learn the [A] Herald's lore.
And [D] every year the Herald's sigh and give the same [A] advice.
All those who would hold magic's power must then pay magic's price. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Oh, there was danger in the North, [C] that's all that [Dm] none knew.
An enemy of power, darksouls, heralds, [A] elves, and slew.
[Gm] But only those with magic's gift were slain by [A] silent rage.
Till Vanya loved them all, was left the only [D] Herald mage.
[Gm] Yes, from the [Dm] North the danger [Gm] came beyond the [Dm] border far.
The forest did not stay dark [Gm] death, nor did the [A] mountains far.
[Gm] And Vanya [Dm] cried, we die, my [Gm] legion, no, not [A] by nowhere.
So [Am] send me North, my king, that I may find the [D] answers there.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ Then North went [G] Vanya not [C] alone, which was of little [Dm] aid.
A bard was [D] like to be to him, and Seven [A] was afraid.
[Gm] He feared that he would fail the quest a burden [A] proved to be.
Then not let Vanya go alone to face dark sorcery.
[Gm] So out [Dm] beyond the border, [Gm] there beyond the [Dm] forest tall,
into the mountain [Gm] steep they went, and it stood an [A] icy wall.
[Gm] To find the [Dm] white craft and [Gm] found there was a [A] passage new,
a path clean cut that [D] winding ran a level course and true.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ This path was wrought by Lord Kratthon, [C] you knew that when [Dm] he saw.
[A] The mountains [Dm] hewn by power of Ornopah, he [A] felled with awe.
[Dm] But to what [D] purpose something moved beyond them [A] on the trail.
[Am] They watched and hid, and what [D] did they found there turned them cold and pale.
[Gm] A party [Dm] moved in single [Gm] file by magic [Dm] cloaked and hid.
An army moved on [Gm] Valdemar that marched as [A] they were bid.
[Gm] A darker [Dm] force than weaponry [Gm] controlled the [A] man in place.
Oh, Vanya [D] looked and Vanya knew an ancient evil's face.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Then Vanya [C] turned to Seven, and he told the [Dm] bard to ride.
[A] To warn the folk of Valdemar, they call me Magic's Pride.
[Gm] It's time I earned that name, now go, I'll hold this [A] army back.
[A] Until the arms of Valdemar can counter [D] their attack.
[Gm] So [Dm] Steppenrod and so it is, [Gm] no living [Dm] tongue can tell.
Have on your fort, nor what he wrought, [Gm] nor how the Herald [A] fell.
[Gm] The army [Dm] came, but not in time [Gm] to save the [A] Herald maid.
[Dm] Although the pass was scorched and cracked by [D] magic power's rage.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ They fought the dark [Am] one's back, although they came on wave by wave.
[A] No trace they [Dm] found of Vanya, nor of his [A] companion brain.
[Gm] They hardly found the Foggestone, the gift of [A] Steppen's hand.
Now blackened, burned and shattered [D] by the power that saved their land.
[Gm] They only found the Foreman, who into the woods [Dm] had fled.
And each one by unseen, uncanny [Gm] powers now [A] lay dead.
[Gm] As if the forest had somehow bestirred itself [A] that day.
Had [Am] Vanya, with his [D] dying breath, commanded trees to slay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And still the [C] forest of the North guards [D] Valdemar from harm.
[A] For Vanya's dying [D] curse is stronger far than [A] mortal arm.
[G] And every gilded chosen come, despite the [A] old advice.
All those who would be Magic's [D] Pride must then pay Magic's _ price. _ _