Paradise lost (1967)    (video)

 

    C - E  - F - G   - C - G - C - G           +  C - G - C - G

 

   C                                                      G

1.    In the deepest dungeons of my mind,

C                                                  G

    I dredge the shadows tryin’ to find,

C                                - D

    a memory dimly lit,       a jigsaw piece to fit,

G                                             F  G       F - G

    scene of my innocence departed, oo........h !

 

    C                                               G

2.    Once I could love without desire,

C                                                          G

    her glance could warm me without fire.

C                                       - D

    Where is the boy I was,       who wanted her because

G                                                 F        G     - Am

    she took my loneliness and healed me ?

 

 

+  instrumental = verse 1

 

    C                                             G

3.     Experience has dulled my eyes,

C                                       G

    with repetition wonder dies,

C                                   - D

    in craving to be free,        I lost a part of me,

G                                                    F - G         F - G

    she was my promise and my drea....m,  ooh......h !

 

+  C - G - C - G          +  C - E - Am - G   - G7

 

+  C - E  - F - G   - C - G - C - G (2x) …

 

(orig. = capo 5th)     (The Herd)