Leaves And Kings Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Capo 2nd fret

[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [G]

[VERSE 1]
[C]I met you at a [Am]party
[C]or on a crowded [Am]street
[C]a silent singula[Am]rity
[F]when glances chanced to [G]meet

You looked into my glasses
said you'd seen a ghost
tried my best to make you smile
as we calypsoed close

I had been to Cleveland
You had been to jail
You seemed to be recovering
but I felt a little pale

Our house it was on seventeenth
above the hardware store
there we lived with seven cats
all named for in seven dwarves
[CHORUS]
[F]but like leaves and k[G]ings
[F]all things must f[C]all
[F]no diamond ring is go[G]nna
[F]cut through it a[C]ll

[VERSE 2]
you were working as a graverobber
you could do your job at night
I was living hand-to-mouth
just looking for a fight

the reason why we parted
it ain't that hard to find
I was always busy
and you never had the time

well the reason why we parted
it ain't that hard to see
but I was never sure
if I left you or you left me
[CHORUS]
but like leaves and kings
all things must fall
no diamond ring is gonna
cut through it all

[harmonica]
[VERSE 3]
and when it was all over
I lost myself in work
you got married to a lawyer
painting murals in new york

and though it seems a million miles ago
since I saw the light
the hours flowed by nervously
like warships in the night

Many times I've been corrupted
but I've never been in love
and I began to realize
that that's just where I was

so I packed up my possessions
and caught an eastbound train
met you in ohio
sleeping in the rain
[CHORUS]
but like leaves and kings
all things must fall
no diamond ring is gonna
cut through it all

[VERSE 4]
so now we're going back again
to start where we began
with rules and regulations
but no real kinda plan

I learned my lesson well
with no mistakes at all
once you find yourself true love
you just keep holding on

[F]like leaves and king[G]s
[F]all things must f[C]all
[F]no diamond ring is [G]gonna
[F]cut through it a[C]ll
[F]but now out of t[G]he dark
[F]out of the b[G]lue
[F]like leaves and k[G]ings
[F]I've fallen in love with yo[C]u