Chords for The Country Gentlemen, Darby's Castle.
Tempo:
124.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[G]
See the ruin on the hill where the [C] smoke is hanging [A] still, [D] like a nickel of an age [G] long forgotten.
Tells the story of a home [C] crushed beneath those [Am] dragon stones, [D] and the roof that fell [C] before the [D] beams were run.
See [G] so Darville loved his wife, and [C] he labored [A] all his life [D] to provide her with material [G] possessions.
And he built for her a home [C] of the finest wood [Am] and stone, [D] but the building soon [C]
became his sole [D] obsession.
Oh it took three hundred [D] days for the timbers to be raised, [C] and the [D] silhouettes to sink a mile to round.
[G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only took one [C] night to [D] bring it down.
When Darby's castle fumbled [A] to [G] the ground.
[C] [A] [D]
[G]
[G] Though they shared a common bed, [C] there was precious little [Am]
Sid, and [D] the moments that were said were sad [G] for sleeping.
His busy dreams were filled with [C] the rooms he had [Am] to build, [D] and he never heard young [C] Ellen [A] Darby weeping.
He heard
[G] a sound as [C] he [G] laid his pencil [Am] down, [D] traced it to her door and turned [G] the handle.
And the pale light of the moon [C] shone through [Am] all [D] the shadows [C] where two bodies [D] lay entangled.
Oh [C] it took three [D] hundred days for [G] the timbers to be raised, [G] and the silhouettes to sink a mile [D] to round.
[G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only [C] took one night to [D] bring it down.
When Darby's castle fumbled to [G] the ground.
When [D] Darby's castle fumbled [E] to
[G]
See the ruin on the hill where the [C] smoke is hanging [A] still, [D] like a nickel of an age [G] long forgotten.
Tells the story of a home [C] crushed beneath those [Am] dragon stones, [D] and the roof that fell [C] before the [D] beams were run.
See [G] so Darville loved his wife, and [C] he labored [A] all his life [D] to provide her with material [G] possessions.
And he built for her a home [C] of the finest wood [Am] and stone, [D] but the building soon [C]
became his sole [D] obsession.
Oh it took three hundred [D] days for the timbers to be raised, [C] and the [D] silhouettes to sink a mile to round.
[G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only took one [C] night to [D] bring it down.
When Darby's castle fumbled [A] to [G] the ground.
[C] [A] [D]
[G]
[G] Though they shared a common bed, [C] there was precious little [Am]
Sid, and [D] the moments that were said were sad [G] for sleeping.
His busy dreams were filled with [C] the rooms he had [Am] to build, [D] and he never heard young [C] Ellen [A] Darby weeping.
He heard
[G] a sound as [C] he [G] laid his pencil [Am] down, [D] traced it to her door and turned [G] the handle.
And the pale light of the moon [C] shone through [Am] all [D] the shadows [C] where two bodies [D] lay entangled.
Oh [C] it took three [D] hundred days for [G] the timbers to be raised, [G] and the silhouettes to sink a mile [D] to round.
[G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only [C] took one night to [D] bring it down.
When Darby's castle fumbled to [G] the ground.
When [D] Darby's castle fumbled [E] to
Key:
D
G
C
Am
A
D
G
C
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ See the ruin on the hill where the [C] smoke is hanging [A] still, [D] like a nickel of an age [G] long forgotten.
_ _ Tells the story of a home [C] crushed beneath those [Am] dragon stones, [D] and the roof that fell [C] before the [D] beams were run.
_ _ See [G] so Darville loved his wife, and [C] he labored [A] all his life [D] to provide her with material _ [G] possessions.
And _ he built for her a home [C] of the finest wood [Am] and stone, [D] but the building soon [C]
became his sole [D] obsession.
_ _ _ Oh it took three hundred [D] days for the timbers to be raised, [C] and the [D] silhouettes to sink a mile to round.
_ _ [G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only took one [C] night to [D] bring it down. _ _
_ When Darby's castle fumbled [A] to [G] the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Though they shared a common bed, [C] there was precious little [Am]
Sid, and [D] the moments that were said were sad [G] for sleeping.
_ _ His busy dreams were filled with [C] the rooms he had [Am] to build, [D] and he never heard young [C] Ellen [A] Darby weeping.
He heard _
_ _ [G] _ a sound as [C] he [G] laid his pencil [Am] down, _ [D] traced it to her door and turned [G] the handle.
_ _ And the pale light of the moon [C] shone through [Am] all _ [D] the shadows [C] where two bodies [D] lay entangled.
_ _ Oh [C] it took three [D] hundred days for [G] the timbers to be raised, [G] and the silhouettes to sink a mile [D] to round. _
_ [G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only [C] took one night to [D] bring it down. _ _ _
When Darby's castle fumbled to [G] the ground. _
_ _ When [D] Darby's castle fumbled [E] to
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ See the ruin on the hill where the [C] smoke is hanging [A] still, [D] like a nickel of an age [G] long forgotten.
_ _ Tells the story of a home [C] crushed beneath those [Am] dragon stones, [D] and the roof that fell [C] before the [D] beams were run.
_ _ See [G] so Darville loved his wife, and [C] he labored [A] all his life [D] to provide her with material _ [G] possessions.
And _ he built for her a home [C] of the finest wood [Am] and stone, [D] but the building soon [C]
became his sole [D] obsession.
_ _ _ Oh it took three hundred [D] days for the timbers to be raised, [C] and the [D] silhouettes to sink a mile to round.
_ _ [G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only took one [C] night to [D] bring it down. _ _
_ When Darby's castle fumbled [A] to [G] the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Though they shared a common bed, [C] there was precious little [Am]
Sid, and [D] the moments that were said were sad [G] for sleeping.
_ _ His busy dreams were filled with [C] the rooms he had [Am] to build, [D] and he never heard young [C] Ellen [A] Darby weeping.
He heard _
_ _ [G] _ a sound as [C] he [G] laid his pencil [Am] down, _ [D] traced it to her door and turned [G] the handle.
_ _ And the pale light of the moon [C] shone through [Am] all _ [D] the shadows [C] where two bodies [D] lay entangled.
_ _ Oh [C] it took three [D] hundred days for [G] the timbers to be raised, [G] and the silhouettes to sink a mile [D] to round. _
_ [G] And the gable reached as high as the eagles [Am] in the sky, [D] but it only [C] took one night to [D] bring it down. _ _ _
When Darby's castle fumbled to [G] the ground. _
_ _ When [D] Darby's castle fumbled [E] to