{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1917851,"song":"The Return","artist":"The Waybacks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11430361-the-return-chords-by-the-waybacks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1917851?type=chord","rating":0.14922,"votes":0,"content":"{MELODY (FIRST PART)}\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nLong was the hour for the valiant knight that would never be sick or slain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nLonely the bower in the candle light with neither kith nor kin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nStorm clouds over the full moon raced, as he swung to the apple gray [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nAnd man and horse to the westward faced on the eve of an All Saints' Day [/tab]\r\n\r\n{MELODY (FIRST PART)}\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nAnd lo neath the long green grassy mound laid the bones of his noble steed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nGone to their graves are his brindled hounds that were never matched for speed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nFreed to the wind were his gray hawks wings never to be seen again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nLost were the songs that the young men sing as they ride over plains[/tab]\r\n\r\n{THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY}\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nThe rowan shield burned on his breast as the old man rode again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nOver the rocky Kirkstone crest in the howling wind and rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nWeary the step of his garret stride as they slowly wended down to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nThe banks of the winding water's side all under a palely moon [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nCold was the crack of the raven's cry that echoed from the fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nFierce were the flames of the morning sky as the burning gates of hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nOver his breast on the mantle white the rowan shield burned red [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nThat bare in the rays of the dawning light the berries burst and bled [/tab]\r\n\r\n{FULL MELODY}\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nOh where is your hawk and your brindled hounds came the screeching owlets call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nGone to the dank and wormy ground that will lie consume us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nWhere is the maid of the jet-black mare who held me fast in sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nUnder the long dark winding mere she rests in the watery deep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nHe's laid his hand on hunting horn and with his dying breath [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nHas blown a blast to the blazing morn that would rouse the angel of death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nHigh in the cusp of the starry night he heard his gray hawk mew [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5/A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D5/A[/ch]\r\nAs out of the misty morning light his ghostly gray hounds flew[/tab]\r\n\r\n{INSTRUMENTAL + SWITCH TO KEY OF A}\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]B4/E[/ch] \r\nHe has gathered a snatch of the golden rod all withered in the wood [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B4/E[/ch]  \r\nAnd scattered it over the water's brim where his ghostly gray hound stood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]B4/E[/ch]  \r\nFlecked was the coat of the live black mare that rose from the watery deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B4/E[/ch]\r\nWhite were the locks of the maiden's hair and her brown eyes heavy with sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]B4/E[/ch] \r\nWaly waly my noble lord who wakes me from my rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B4/E[/ch]\r\nThere's none can heal the wounds of time that lie bloody on your breast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B4/E[/ch]  \r\nClimb from your silver saddle down and swing to my back astride [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B4/E[/ch]\r\nGather your hawk and your brindled hounds and together we will ride [/tab]\r\n\r\n{ THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY X2}\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]B4/E[/ch] \r\nHis saddle cloth was the velvet blue trimmed round with a silver chain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B4/E[/ch]\r\nHe's kissed her pale lips once and twice, and three times round again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B4/E[/ch] \r\nAnd over the lake with his hound at heel and his good gray hawk in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B4/E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B4/E[/ch]\r\nRode the knight of the blood red rowan shield and the witch of the Westmereland[/tab]","plain_text":"{MELODY (FIRST PART)}\n\n\n\n\n\n{MELODY (FIRST PART)}\n\n\n\n\n\n{THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{FULL MELODY}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{INSTRUMENTAL + SWITCH TO KEY OF A}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{ THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY X2}","chords":["D5/A","G","C","D","Em","A","B4/E","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}