Courtyard Lullaby chords by Loreena Mckennitt

• Capo on 2nd

xLoreena McKennitt - Courtyard Lullaby


Capo 2



Intro:
D

Verse 1:
      Am7    D
Within the deep night sky
       Am7   D
The stars lie in its embrace
       Am7     D
The courtyard still in its sleep
      Am7    D
Peace comes over your face

Verse 2:
     Am7   D
"Come to me," it sings
     Am7     D
"Hear the pulse of the land
      Am7   D
The ocean's rhythms pull
       Am7     D
To hold your heart in its hand"

Verse 3:
Am         D
When the wind blows strong
 C         D
Across the cypress trees
  Am           D
The nightbirds cease their song
      C  D
So gathers memories

Verse 4:
        Am7    D
Last night you spoke of a dream
       Am7       D
Where forests stretched to the east
       Am7   D
And each bird sang its song
     Am7     D
A unicorn joined in a feast

Verse 5:
  Am     D
And in a corner stood
 C      D
A pomegranate tree
   Am      D
With wild flowers there
     C     D
No mortal eye could see

Verse 6:
        Am7    D
Yet still some mystery befalls
      Am7      D
Sure as the cock crows at morn
       Am7    D
The world in stillness keeps
       Am7     D
The secret of babes to be born

Verse 7:
Am       D
Come to me, my love
C           D
Hear the pulse of the land
  Am       D
The ocean's rhythms pull
       C      D
To hold your heart in its hand

Verse 8:
      Am7    D
I heard an old voice say
     Am7     D
"Don't go far from the land
      Am7    D
The seasons have their way
     Am7   D
No mortal can understand"