Risk

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Judy Collins - Risk
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
Am Dm Am Dm
[Verse 1]
Am
Time slips by in the hourglass
Dm
You can hear your name
Am
Sand slides through the stranger's hand
F
As he deals the game
[Verse 2]
G F
All the candles are burning low
G F
No more cradles and no more snow
G C Dm
Bet your life on a lucky roll
G C Dm
Play your queen, you could win your soul
G C F
Stakes are high you could live or die
G Am Dm
To risk everything
[Verse 3]
Am
In your goblet the wine is black
Dm
As a moonless night
Am
Wet your lips before you kiss
F
The blazing light
[Verse 4]
G Am
Bets are off but the game is on
F G Am
Drop the armour you counted on
F G Am Dm
All your armies are fled and gone
F G Am
Win your king, you can play your pawn
F G Am Dm
Take your time, you have just begun
G
To risk everything
[Chorus]
C F
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
C F
Don't regret what you did to live
C F Am
Don't forget that you must forgive
G Am Dm
To risk everything
[Verse 5]
Am
Through the window you see the storm
Dm
That is gathering
Am
Painted gypsies on dappled horses
F
Are galloping
[Verse 6]
G Am
Through the trees in the howling wind
F G Am
Down the hills to the river bend
F G Am Dm
Shadow ghosts that are blind as night
F G Am
Shrieking curses against the night
F G Am Dm
Daring you to come join their flight
G
And risk everything
[Chorus]
C F
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
C F
Don't regret what you did to live
C F Am
Don't forget that you must forgive
G Am Dm
To risk everything
[Verse 7]
Am
There is nothing to hold you now
Dm
To your fault or mine
Am
Fallen idols and martyred souls
F
Are the only kind
[Verse 8]
G Am
Feet of clay in the emerald skies
F G Am
Birds of prey when the dreamer dies
F G Am Dm
Perfect crosses perfect your lies
F G Am
Burning saints in the flaming skies
F G Am
Bet your life every promise dies
F G Am Dm
All that's left for you to try
G
Is risking everything
[Chorus]
C F
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
C F
Don't regret what you did to live
C F Am
Don't forget that you must forgive
G Am Dm Am
To risk everything
[Chorus]
C F
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
C F
Don't regret what you did to live
C F Am
Don't forget that you must forgive
G Am Dm
To risk everything
[Verse 9]
Am
Time slips by in the hourglass
Dm
You can hear your name
Am
Sand slides through the stranger's hand
F
As he deals the game
[Verse 10]
G F
All the candles are burning low
G F
No more cradles and no more snow
G C Dm
Bet your life on a lucky roll
G C Dm
Play your queen, you could win your soul
G C Dm
Stakes are high you could live or die
G Am Dm
To risk everything
[Chorus]
C F
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
C F
Don't regret what you did to live
C F Am
Don't forget that you must forgive
G Am Dm
To risk everything

Risk chords and lyrics

Free chords for Risk by Judy Collins. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Judy Collins - Risk
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
Am   Dm   Am   Dm
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 9]
[Verse 10]
[Chorus]

Risk Chords by Judy Collins

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