The Gay Goshawk

Intro: G 


[Verso 1]
 
G   N.C.                
The gay goshawk came to my windowsill 
G          N.C.                
The snow, it fell fast and the stars stood still 
G    N.C.                  
"Oh, won't you take me in from the storm? 
G     N.C.                     
Won't you take me between your sheets so warm?" 
 


[Refrão]
 
D 
Gold was the colour of his wings so fair 
                                G 
His eyes, they were bold and of silver so rare 
                             D 
As I lay his brown body upon the pillow 
G                           D 
He became a man, lithe as a willow 
 


[Verso 2]
 
G   N.C.                              
"Don't breathe a word, don't scream, don't shout 
G          N.C.            
I can turn the whole world round about 
G       N.C.          
Lay the moon flat on the land 
G     N.C.          
Whisper rope out of flying sand" 
 


[Refrão]
 
D 
Whispering women, so happy, beguiled 
                                  G 
Now that he's gone, she must care for the child 
                            D 
Jasmine's the colour of his hair 
G                          D 
The nut-brown boy with the silvery stare  


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Instrumental:
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[Verso 3]
 
G   N.C.                        
The night has long gone and the seasons slip by 
G          N.C.                
Knowing seducers still give me the eye 
G      N.C.                     
But on cold winter's evenings, alone I walk 
G       N.C.                  
I watch and I pray for my gay goshawk 

Instrumental:
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