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Tears

from Edward Thomas by Toby Darling

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Here is another of Edward Thomas' poems

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Tears by Edward Thomas

Intro: G D6 Am9 (3xx03x, xx0202, x0200x) x4

G Em D
IT seems I have no tears left. They should have fallen--
D Em
Their ghosts, if tears have ghosts, did fall--that day
G Bm7 C
When twenty hounds streamed by me, not yet combed out
Am G
But still all equals in their rage of gladness
Em D
Upon the scent, made one, like a great dragon
Am C G
In Blooming Meadow that bends towards the sun
D Am
And once bore hops: and on that other day
F C
When I stepped out from the double-shadowed Tower
G Bm
Into an April morning, stirring and sweet
C Am G
And warm. Strange solitude was there and silence.
Em
A mightier charm than any in the Tower
D Am
Possessed the courtyard. They were changing guard
C G D
Soldiers in line, young English countrymen,
Am F C F#m
Fair-haired and ruddy, in white tunics. Drums
Bm F#m Bm
And fifes were playing "The British Grenadiers".
C G
The men, the music piercing that solitude
Am F#m Bm F#m Bm
And silence, told me truths I had not dreamed
C G Am
And have forgotten since their beauty passed.

G D6 Am9 x 3 G

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from Edward Thomas, released June 20, 2015
poem by Edward Thomas
music by Toby Darling

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