Leaves and Kings

Josh Ritter

 CAm
 I met you at a party
 CAm
 or on a crowded street
 CAm
 a silent singularity
 FG
 when glances chanced to meet
 CAm
 You looked into my glasses
 CAm
 said you'd seen a ghost
 CAm
 tried my best to make you smile
 FG
 as we calypsoed close

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

 CAm
 Our house it was on seventeenth
 CAm
 above the hardware store
 CAm
 there we lived with seven cats
 FG
 all named for in seven dwarves

 FG
 but like leaves and kings
 FC
 all things must fall
 FG
 no diamond ring is gonna
 FC
 cut through it all

 CAm
 you were working as a graverobber
 CAm
 you could do your job at night
 CAm
 I was living hand-to-mouth
 FG
 just looking for a fight

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

 CAm
 well the reason why we parted
 CAm
 it ain't that hard to see
 CAm
 but I was never sure
 FG
 if I left you or you left me

 FG
 but like leaves and kings
 FC
 all things must fall
 FG
 no diamond ring is gonna
 FC
 cut through it all

(harmonica)

 CAm
 and when it was all over
 CAm
 I lost myself in work
 CAm
 you got married to a lawyer
 FG
 painting murals in new york

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

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

 CAm
 so I packed up my possessions
 CAm
 and caught an eastbound train
 CAm
 met you in ohio
 FG
 sleeping in the rain

 FG
 but like leaves and kings
 FC
 all things must fall
 FG
 no diamond ring is gonna
 FC
 cut through it all

 CAm
 so now we're going back again
 CAm
 to start where we began
 CAm
 with rules and regulations
 FG
 but no real kinda plan

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

 FG
 like leaves and kings
 FC
 all things must fall
 FG
 no diamond ring is gonna
 FC
 cut through it all
 FG
 but now out of the dark
 FG
 out of the blue
 FG
 like leaves and kings
 FC
 I've fallen in love with you


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