A Minor Ballad

From the album 'Lost Art' (2024) by North Sea Empire

© Copyright Andreas Rasch 2024

Key: C


C... F... C.. /b Am...
C... F... C.. /b Am...

C                        F
When did this ballad go dark on us
	C           /b   Am
and shift to a minor key
C                   F
when did the apple orchard bloom
    C                   Am
and how come we didn't see

Did you see Christ in his manger
if so, what gifts did you bring
think I sang with monks in a choir
and found a magical ring

When did the news start repeating
when walls surround Jericho
I tell you something that just happened
you say that was decades ago
G
Did you see it
F
did you see it
E7              Am
everything that washed away
G                             E
and how we twirled around for days
G
did you notice
F
did you care
F                C
about the worlds burning?

C... Am... F\A... C.. /b Am...
Did you see the first cities sprawling
did you give Icarus wings
think I heard Zarathustra calling
I dined with Babylon's king

When did the sky grow dark on us
and shower us with acid rain
when did the sky grow dark on us
this was unforeseen

How did summer turn to springtime
without winter in between
how can I hold it together
I cannot do everything
Did you see it
did you see it
feel the fire in the forge?
or was your blind spot too engorged?
did you notice
did you care
or find salvation anywhere

F... Dm... Am... Am\G...
F... G... Am...
When did this ballad go dark on us
and shift to a minor key
when did the autumn leaves fall dead
and how come we didn't see

C... Am... F\A... C.. /b Am...

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