The Erlking chords by
Steve Gillette

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Key: E major

Verse 1
Em Em 
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Who rides through the night
D D 
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so dark and wild?
Em Em 
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The father rides
D D 
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with his own fearful child.
Em Em 
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D D 
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The boy he holds so close in his arms.
Em Em 
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He guards him safely,
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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A A 
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he keeps him warm.
Bm Bm 2
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Why do you hide your face as in fear
A A 
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Father, don't you see the
Earl King is here
Bm Bm 2
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He  calls to me with a
crown and a shroud
G G 
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No, my son, that's nothing but
A A 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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a  passing cloud
D D 
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The Earl King beckons to the terrified boy,
Em Em 
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D D 
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You must come with me,
Em Em 
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D D 
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I'll give you jewels and wealth untold,
Em Em 
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D D 
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You'll walk in robes  of bright
A A 
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and shining gold.
Bm Bm 2
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Father, father, do you not hear
A A 
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The earlding whispering
Bm Bm 2
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low in my ear?
Hush now, rest ye,
it's nothing but my child
G G 
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But the trees in the night wind,
A A 
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playing their melody while
Em Em 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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you sleep.
D D 
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The Earl King says, oh come with me
Em Em 
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D D 
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And my own fair daughters will wait on thee
Em Em 
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A heavenly vigil, oh,
D D 
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you cradle they'll keep
Em Em 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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A A 
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Tenderly sing and rock you to sleep
Bm Bm 2
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Father, father, see them there
A A 
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The Earl King's daughters
in bright shining hair
Bm Bm 2
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Know, my son, there are no fair maids
G G 
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Nothing but the willow
A A 
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wood waving in the glade
Em Em 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Fletching the reins in his trembling hand
Em Em 
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With pain and despair that
D D 
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he can't understand
Em Em 
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Alone on the road with
D D 
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the stars overhead
Em Em 
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Fearful and hopeless,
D D 
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A A 
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the boy in his arms is dead
Bm Bm 2
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To the trees in the night
when he cries aloud
A A 
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Seeks  out the face of death
in every passing cloud
Bm Bm 2
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Down in the meadow
where the boy's grave is laid
G G 
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Nothing but the willow
A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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that wave in the glade
Nothing but the willow,
G G 
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Em Em 
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A A 
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E E 
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Em Em 
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that weave in  the glade.
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