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CSee the ruin on the Amhill
Where the Fsmoke is Amhangin' Dmstill
Like an G7echo of an age long Cforgotten
There's a story of a Amhome
Crushed beFneath those Amblackened Dmstones
And the Groof that fell G7before the beams were Grotten
Cecil CDarby loved his Amwife
And he Flabored Amall his Dmlife
To G7provide her with material Cpossessions
And he built for her a Amhome
Of the Ffinest Amwood and Dmstone
And the Gbuilding soon G7became his sole Gobsession
Oh it Ftook 300 G7days
For the Ctimbers to be Amraised
And the Fsilhouette was Cseen from miles G7around
And the Cgables reached as Amhigh
As the Feagles Amin the Dmsky
But it Gonly took one G7night to bring it Gdown
When Darby's castle G7tumbled to the Cground
Though they shared a common Ambed
There was Fprecious Amlittle Dmsaid
In the G7moments that were set aside for Csleepin'
For his busy dreams were Amfilled
With the Frooms he'd Amyet to Dmbuild
And he Gnever heard G7young Helen Darby Gweepin'
Then Cone night he heard a Amsound
As he Flayed his Ampencil Dmdown 
And he G7traced it to her door and turned the Chandle
And the pale light of the Ammoon
Through the Fwindow Amof the Dmroom
Split the Gshadows where G7two bodies lay enGtangled
 Oh it Ftook 300 G7days
 For the Ctimbers to be Amraised
 And the Fsilhouette was Cseen from miles G7around
 And the Cgables reached as Amhigh
 As the Feagles Amin the Dmsky
 But it Gonly took one G7night to bring it Gdown
 When Darby's castle G7tumbled to the Cground 

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Darbys Castle

by Kris Kristofferson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C Am

See the ruin on the hill

F Am Dm

Where the smoke is hangin' still

G7 C

Like an echo of an age long forgotten

There's a story of a home

F Am Dm

Crushed beneath those blackened stones

G G7 G

And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten

C Am

Cecil Darby loved his wife

F Am Dm

And he labored all his life

G7 C

To provide her with material possessions

And he built for her a home

F Am Dm

Of the finest wood and stone

G G7 G

And the building soon became his sole obsession

F G7

Oh it took 300 days

C Am

For the timbers to be raised

F C G7

And the silhouette was seen from miles around

C Am

And the gables reached as high

F Am Dm

As the eagles in the sky

G G7 G

But it only took one night to bring it down

G7 C

When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground

Though they shared a common bed

F Am Dm

There was precious little said

G7 C

In the moments that were set aside for sleepin'

For his busy dreams were filled

F Am Dm

With the rooms he'd yet to build

G G7 G

And he never heard young Helen Darby weepin'

C Am

Then one night he heard a sound

F Am Dm

As he layed his pencil down

G7 C

And he traced it to her door and turned the handle

And the pale light of the moon

F Am Dm

Through the window of the room

G G7 G

Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled

F G7

Oh it took 300 days

C Am

For the timbers to be raised

F C G7

And the silhouette was seen from miles around

C Am

And the gables reached as high

F Am Dm

As the eagles in the sky

G G7 G

But it only took one night to bring it down

G7 C

When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground

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