Now And For Always chords

Capo 2

[INTRO]
[D5] [A/D] [D5] (ad lib)
[D5] (x4) (in rhythm)

[VERSE 1]
[D5] [A/D] [D5] [A](add4) [D] [G]
Sing me a story of heroes of the Shire, muddling through, brave and true.
[G2] [A] [D] [G2] [A](add4)
Stubborn as bindweed and tough as old briar, never too showy or grand.
[D/F#] [G] [A] [Bm] [Gsus2] [A](add4) [D]
Year after year, they persevere, now and for always.

[VERSE 2]
[D5]Harfoots who planted, and S[A/D]toor folk who pl[D5]oughed. B[A/E]red to endure, [D/F#]slow but [Gsus2]sure.
[G] [Bm] [A](add4) [D5] [Gsus2] [A](add4)
Fallowhide blood in your veins makes you proud. Sturdy and steady they stand.
[D/F#]True to their [Gsus2]aim: to stay the s[Bm]ame, [Gsus2]now and for [A]alwa[D]ys.

[CHORUS]
[D] [G] [D] [A](add4) [Bm] [A](add4) [D]
Sit by the firelight’s glow, tell us an old tale we know.
[D]Tell of adve[G]nture str[A]ange and [Bm]rare, never to ch[G]ange, ever to sh[A]are.
[D/F#]Stories we [Gsus2]tell will c[G]ast their s[Bm]pell, [Gsus2]now and for [A]alw[D]ays.

[D] (x4)

[VERSE 3]
[D]Sing me a s[G]tory of Fr[A]odo and the [D]Ring! Fe[A]arless and bold –[D] tired and[G] cold.
[G]A sword at his s[Bm]ide, an [A]Elf-blade called St[D]ing, crossing a m[G]iserable l[A]and.
[D]Wouldn’t re[G]treat, just followed his[Bm] feet,[G] now and fo[A]r a[D]lways.

[CHORUS]
[D]Sit by the f[G]irel[D]ight’s [A]glow, tell us [Gsus2]an old[A] tale we [D]know.
[D]Tell of adv[G]enture str[A]ange and [Bm]rare, never to ch[G]ange, ever to sh[A]are.
[D/F#]Stories we t[G]ell will cast their s[Bm]pell, n[G]ow and for [A]alw[D]ays.

Interlude (like chorus)
[G] [D] [A]
[Gsus2]/[B] [A/C#] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A]
[D/F#] [G] [Bm] [Gsus2]
[A] [D]

[VERSE 4]
[D/F#] [G] [A](add4) [Bm] [A] [D] [Gsus2]
Sing me a tale of the bravest of them all, comrade and guide at my side.
[D/F#]Stouthearted S[G]am, who w[A]ouldn’t let me[Bm] fall.[A] Holding m[D/F#]y life in his[G] hand[A] .
[D/F#]True to the e[G]nd; no f[A]iner fr[Bm]iend, n[G]ow and for [A]alw[D]ays.

[CHORUS]
[D] [G] [D] A/[D] [Bm] [A/E] [D]
Sit by the firelight’s glow, tell us an old tale we know.
[D]Tell of adv[G]enture str[A]ange and r[Bm]are, never to ch[G]ange, ever to s[A]hare.
[D/F#]Stories we t[G]ell will cast their s[Bm]pell, n[G]ow and for [A]alw[D5]ays.

Outro (like chorus)
[G] [D] [A]
[Gsus2]/[B] [A/C#] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A]
[D/F#] [G] [Bm] [Gsus2]
[A] [D]
[D5] [A]/[D] [D5] (ad lib, like intro)