Artist: Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO]
[C] [F] [G]
[VERSE 1]
This [Em]park [C]is my [D]living room
This [G]bench is [C]my love [Am]seat
[Em]Green [C]grass is [D]my broadloom
[G]Lying be[C]neath my [F]feet
[VERSE 2]
It [Am]takes me [Em]back to [Am]when I was a [G]girl
It was [B7]here that I [Fm]came to [Am]my [E]young [Am]world
A [G]victim in the [B7]dark
Of love’s [Em]near [G]fatal [Am]spark
By the [Dm]light of the [C]moon_[G]___
Our [Em]fervour sus[B7]tained
By the [Em]night [G]hawk’s re[Am]frain
What [Dm]bliss, what sweet [C]ruin_[G]__
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
[VERSE 3]
These [Em]memo[C]ries are [D]fixed in time
Though [G]faintly [C]gossa[Am]mer
I [Em]hope that [C]yours will [D]be like mine
And stay [G]with you [C]all your [F]years
[VERSE 4]
To [Am]take you [Em]back to [Am]when you were a [G]girl
Your [B7]first rendez[Fm]vous in a [Am]youn[E]ger [Am]world
A [G]fixture in the [B7]park
Where I [Em]stay [G]till it’s [Am]dark
Then I [Dm]go to my [C]room_[G]___
I [Em]seldom com[B7]plain
Sitting [Em]out [G]in the [Am]rain
This [Dm]earth must con[C]sume_[G]__
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[B7] [Am] [E] [D] [G] [Am] [Em] [Dm] [C] [F] [C] [D7] [G]
[Outro] (repeat 4x - fade to end)
By the [C]light of the [G]moon
What [D7]bliss, what sweet [C]ruin[G]___
[INTRO]
[C] [F] [G]
[VERSE 1]
This [Em]park [C]is my [D]living room
This [G]bench is [C]my love [Am]seat
[Em]Green [C]grass is [D]my broadloom
[G]Lying be[C]neath my [F]feet
[VERSE 2]
It [Am]takes me [Em]back to [Am]when I was a [G]girl
It was [B7]here that I [Fm]came to [Am]my [E]young [Am]world
A [G]victim in the [B7]dark
Of love’s [Em]near [G]fatal [Am]spark
By the [Dm]light of the [C]moon_[G]___
Our [Em]fervour sus[B7]tained
By the [Em]night [G]hawk’s re[Am]frain
What [Dm]bliss, what sweet [C]ruin_[G]__
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G]
[VERSE 3]
These [Em]memo[C]ries are [D]fixed in time
Though [G]faintly [C]gossa[Am]mer
I [Em]hope that [C]yours will [D]be like mine
And stay [G]with you [C]all your [F]years
[VERSE 4]
To [Am]take you [Em]back to [Am]when you were a [G]girl
Your [B7]first rendez[Fm]vous in a [Am]youn[E]ger [Am]world
A [G]fixture in the [B7]park
Where I [Em]stay [G]till it’s [Am]dark
Then I [Dm]go to my [C]room_[G]___
I [Em]seldom com[B7]plain
Sitting [Em]out [G]in the [Am]rain
This [Dm]earth must con[C]sume_[G]__
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[B7] [Am] [E] [D] [G] [Am] [Em] [Dm] [C] [F] [C] [D7] [G]
[Outro] (repeat 4x - fade to end)
By the [C]light of the [G]moon
What [D7]bliss, what sweet [C]ruin[G]___
Used chords
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