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Tapestry

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(Capo 1)
My Elife has been a B7tapestry of Erich and royal B7hue,
an Eeverlasting B7vision of the Eeverchanging B7view,
a F#m7wondrous woven Bmagic in Abits of blue and Bgold,
a Amaj7tapestry to G#m7feel and see, imF#mpossible to B7hold.
Emaj7Once amid the B9soft silver Emaj7sadness in the B9sky
there Ecame a man of B9fortune, a Edrifter passing B7by
he F#m7wore a torn and Btattered cloth arAound his leathered Bhide
and a Amaj7coat of many G#m7colors, yellow-F#mgreen on either B7side.F#m7  B7  
He Gmoved with some unD7suscertainD7ty, as Gmaj7if he didn't D7know
Gjust what he was D7susthere D7for, or Gmaj7where he ought to D7go
Bonce he reached for Gb7something golden Abm7hanging from a Btree
and his Emaj7hand came down - empGbty.
ESoon within my B7tapestry alEong the rutted B7road
he Esat down on a B7river rock and Eturned into a B7toad,
it F#m7seemed that he had Bfallen into Asomeone's wicked Bspell,
and I Amaj7wept to see him G#m7suffer, though I F#mdidn't know him B7well.
FAs I watched in C7sorrow, there Fsuddenly apC7peared
a Ffigure gray and C7ghostly beFneath a flowing C7beard
in Gm7times of deepest Cdarkness, I've Bbseen him dressed in Cblack
now my Bbmaj7tapestry's unrAm7avelling; he's Gmcome to take me C7back,
                  Gm7D9sus  Dm7/4
he's come to take me back.
    F      C7      F      C7  F.
 D9sus= x00553
Dm7/4 = x00011

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Tapestry

by Carole King

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m7

Amaj7

G#m7

F#m

Emaj7

D7sus

Gmaj7

Gb7

Abm7

Gm7

Bbmaj7

Am7

(Capo 1)

E B7 E B7

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue,

E B7 E B7

an everlasting vision of the everchanging view,

F#m7 B A B

a wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold,

Amaj7 G#m7 F#m B7

a tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.

Emaj7 B9 Emaj7 B9

Once amid the soft silver sadness in the sky

E B9 E B7

there came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by

F#m7 B A B

he wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide

Amaj7 G#m7 F#m B7 F#m7 B7

and a coat of many colors, yellow-green on either side.

G D7sus D7 Gmaj7 D7

He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know

G D7sus D7 Gmaj7 D7

just what he was there for, or where he ought to go

B Gb7 Abm7 B

once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree

Emaj7 Gb

and his hand came down - empty.

E B7 E B7

Soon within my tapestry along the rutted road

E B7 E B7

he sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad,

F#m7 B A B

it seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell,

Amaj7 G#m7 F#m B7

and I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well.

F C7 F C7

As I watched in sorrow, there suddenly appeared

F C7 F C7

a figure gray and ghostly beneath a flowing beard

Gm7 C Bb C

in times of deepest darkness, I've seen him dressed in black

Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm C7

now my tapestry's unravelling; he's come to take me back,

Gm7 Dm7

D9sus /4

he's come to take me back.

F C7 F C7 F

D9sus

= x00553

Dm7

/4 = x00011

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