King David Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO]
[Dm]

[VERSE 1]
King David was a sorrowful [Am]man
[Dm]No cause for his sorrow had he [Am]
And he called for the [Dm]music of a hundred [F]harps
To [Dm]ease his melancholy [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE 2]
They played till they all fell [Am]silent
[Dm]Played and play sweet did they [Am]
But the sorrow that [Dm]haunted the heart of King [F]David
They [Dm]could not charm away [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE 3]
He rose and in his [Am]garden
[Dm]Walked by the moon alone [Am]
A nightingale [Dm]hidden in a cypress [F]tree
[Dm]Jargoned on and on [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE 4]
King David lifted his [Am]sad eyes
[Dm]Into the dark-boughed tree [Am]
"Tell me, thou [Dm]little bird that [F]singest
Who [Dm]taught my grief to thee?"[Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]

[VERSE 5]
But the bird in no-wise [Am]heeded
And the [Dm]king in the cool of the moon [Am]
Hearkened to the [Dm]nightingale's sorrowful[F]ness
Till [Dm]all his own was gone [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]