John Edmond Chords & Lyrics - Misc Unsigned Bands - The Old Zimbabwe Ghost

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[G]Many tales I've heard of the [Em]soap stone bird, so I [C]went along to s[D]ee,
The ac[G]ropolis and the [Em]passages and the t[C]emple masonr[D]y
But it a[C]ll looked so fa[D]miliar, like I've [G]been there once be[Em]fore
I f[C]elt my mind slipping [G]back in time and when I [C]saw him then I [D]knew for s[G]ure

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He came d[G]own the stairs in his c[Em]ourtiers and a [C]soldier left and r[D]ight
And h[G]is burnished golden [Em]bangles gave off a [C]mystic kind of l[D]ight
His e[C]yes were black and they [D]took me back as they [G]bored into my s[Em]oul
And t[C]hen the smile and we s[G]poke a while of the [C]medieval [D]days of o[G]ld

[CHORUS]
And the [C]peace of mind and the [G]quietness were the [C]things I loved the [D]most
As [C]I sat remin[G]iscing with the [C]old Zim[D]babwe [G]Ghost

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Those were the [G]days my son we were r[Em]ich my son Inde[C]pendent wise and f[D]ree
form ho[G]rizon to ho[Em]rizon our r[C]iches held the k[D]ey
But t[C]hen they came in l[D]ove sweet name to our [G]bastion in the [Em]sky
And j[C]ust like the ways of the w[G]orld today for the c[C]ause of g[D]reed to d[G]ie

[CHORUS]
And the [C]peace of mind and the [G]quietness were the [C]things I loved the [D]most
As [C]I sat remin[G]iscing with the [C]old Zim[D]babwe [G]Ghost

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Then s[G]uddenly the r[Em]eality of the d[C]ay was all ar[D]ound
And the f[G]ootprints were the [Em]ancient stood were f[C]ading in [D]ground
I was [C]misty eyed as a[D]gain I died and the [G]people stopped to [Em]stare
As I [C]watched my host the Zim[G]babwe Ghost go [C]melting [D]in the [G]air

[CHORUS X 2]
And the [C]peace of mind and the [G]quietness were the [C]things I loved the [D]most
As [C]I sat remin[G]iscing with the [C]old Zim[D]babwe [G]Ghost

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