To try
for the sun
A - D -
E - D - E - A - D - A
- D - A - D - A - D
A D E
1. We stood in the windy city,
D E A
the gypsy boy and I,
A D E
we slept on the breeze in the
midnight,
D E A
with the rain droppin' tears in our eyes.
D E A
And who's going be the one,
D E
A
to say it was no good what we done.
D E A
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
D E A
for I'm goin' to try for the sun.
A D
E
2. We huddled in a derelict building,
D E A
and when he thought I was asleep,
A D E
he laid his full coat round my
shoulder,
D E A
and shivered there beside me
in a heap. + CHORUS
A D E
3. We sang and cracked the sky with laughter,
D E
A
our breath turned to mist in
the cold,
A
D E
our years put together come to
thirty,
D E
A
but our eyes told the dawn we
were old. + CHORUS
+ A - D -
E - D - E - A - D - A
A D E
4. Mirror, mirror, hanging in the sky,
D E A
won't you look down, what's
happening here below,
A D
E
I stand here singing to the flowers,
D E A
so very few people really
know. + CHORUS
A D E
5. We stood in the windy city,
D E A
the gypsy boy and I,
A D E
we slept on the breeze in the
midnight,
D E A
with the rain droppin' tears in our eyes.
D E A
And who's going be the one,
D E A
to say it was no good what we done.
D E A - F#m
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
D E A
for I'm goin' to try for the sun.
(orig. = capo 2nd; video = capo 1st)
(Donovan)