The Pearl

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The song was originally recorded on the album ‘Red Dirt Girl’. This version is from
a live performance given by Emmylou Harris in North Charleston, January 2014.
Open A tuning: EAC#EAE
Chords used:
A
- X00000
E
- X77777
F#m
- XX5545
D
- XX5555
C#m
- X43440
A E A
Oh, the dragons are gonna fly tonight
A E A
They’re circling low and inside tonight
F#m D A
It’s another round in the losing fight
C#m E A
Out along the great divide tonight
A E A
We are soldiers in an ancient war
E A
Seeking out some half remembered shore
F#m D A
We drink our fill and still we thirst for more
C#m E A
Asking if there’s no heaven what is this hunger for
D A
Our path is worn our feet poorly shod
D A
We lift our prayer against the odds
E D E A
And fear the silence is the voice of God, of God, of God
D A D A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah
A E A
Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief
A E A
The seasons come and bring no sweet relief
F#m D A
Time is brutal but a careless thief
C#m E A
Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief
D A
It is the heart that kills us in the end
D A
Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend
E D A E A
As it was now and ever shall be, Amen, Amen, Amen
D A D A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah
A E A
So there will be no guiding light for you and me
A E A
We are not sailors lost out on the sea
F#m D A
We were always headed toward eternity
C#m E A
Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee
D A
Like falling stars from the Universe we are hurled
D A
Down through the long loneliness of the world
E D A E A
Until we behold the pain become The Pearl, The Pearl, The Pearl
D A D A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah
F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah.

The Pearl chords and lyrics

Free chords for The Pearl by Emmylou Harris. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

The song was originally recorded on the album ‘Red Dirt Girl’. This version is from 
a live performance given by Emmylou Harris in North Charleston, January 2014.
Open A tuning:  EAC#EAE
Chords used:
A       - X00000
E       - X77777
F#m     - XX5545
D       - XX5555
C#m     - X43440

The Pearl Chords by Emmylou Harris

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