The Saga Of Pepote Rouge Chords by The Band

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ There's a legend [Em] of a lady [D] on the [G] mountain
[Dm] There's a lone [C] beyond the [D] Mecca plain
[G] _ With her [Em] hands she makes it [D] through the winter
[C] She never [G]
[Am] goes
[D] Against the [G] grain
To be someone [Em] is to be [D] someone alone
[G] To be [Am] someone is known [D] as solitude
[G] To [B] learn to [Em] sing
Below the [C] surface you must adjust [Am] your [D] [G] altitude
[C] _ [D] Break the news [G] before the rules just come into [C] town
We [D] stand accused [G] before the rules of being hell [C] bound
[D] She had a [G] vision and now she holds the [C] key
You don't know what you [G] want [Am] till you find out what you [D] [G] need
_ I
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_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ was stranded on [Em] the dim coast [D] when a lady
[G] _ Called to me [C] in a voice so [Bm] soft and low
[G] Her words resounded [Em] like a fountain [D] of truth
[C] And then she [Bm] faded
[Am] like a [D] rainbow
[G] A golden spaceship [Em] with the mother of the [G] earth
Carved in [Em] stone the queen of [G] avatars
Where 70 children [Em] were given [C] birth
She then [Em] [Dm] returned
[Am] Back [G] to the [D] [C] stars
[D] Break the [G] news before the rules just come into [C] town
We [D] stand accused before [G] the rules of [Em] being hell [C] bound
[D] She can help us [G] find our way and get across
[C] You don't know what [G] you gain [Am] till you find out [Dm] what you [G] lost _ _
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Forty _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] rich come down [D] from the mountain
[G] And [Dm] lead our people [C] into the [D] light of day
[G] For [C] they are lost and know not where they're going
With all [G] their leaders
[Am] are cast [D] in [G] clay Now _ [Em] disbelief
And mass [D] [G] confusion _ [Dm] Spreading wild
[C] across [D] the land
[G] You can call it love
Or call it [C] wisdom
The dream of not [Am] saving a [D] drowning [G] [C] man
[D] Break the news before [G] the rules just come into [C] town
We [D] stand accused before [G] the rules of [Em] being hell [C] bound
[Bm] She can show [G] us just where we went [C] wrong
You don't know [G] where you're [Am] going till you find where [D] you belong
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