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A Dream of Death

from William Butler Yeats by Toby Darling

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Poem by Yeats which I have set to music

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A Dream Of Death (Yeats)
Intro: Dm E/D Csus2/D D6 x3

A13 F#dim/A Dm6/A A
I DREAMED that one had died in a strange place
Bm7 F#m7 C#m7
Near no accustomed hand,
A13 F#dim/A Dm6/A A
And they had nailed the boards above her face,
Bm7 F#m7 C#m7
The peasants of that land,
Dm E/D Csus2/D D6
Wondering to lay her in that solitude,
Dm7 Am7 Bm7
And raised above her mound
Dm E/D Csus2/D D6
A cross they had made out of two bits of wood,
Dm7 Am7 Bm7
And planted cypress round;
C D Em Am7
And left her to the indifferent stars above
Bm7 C D
Until I carved these words:
C D Em G
She was more beautiful than thy first love,
C D Am7
But now lies under boards.

A13: x0567x (AGC#F#)
F#dim/A: x0457x (AF#CF#)
Dm6/A: x0343x (AFBD)
A: x0333x (AF#CF#)
Bm7: x24232
F#m7: 242222
C#m7: x46454
Dm: xx0765 (DDFA)
E/D: xx0754 (DDEG#)
Csus2/D: xx0533 (DCDG)
D6: xx0432 (DBDF#)
Dm7: xx0211 Am7: x03010
Bm7: x24232

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from William Butler Yeats, released June 20, 2015
poem by Yeats
music by Toby Darling

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

Amateur enthusiast.
Feel free to do anything you want with these tracks, I am not interested in making money from music.

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