| G | D | C | Em | |
| Love for | anyo | ne who | needs her |
| G | D | C | Em | F | C | |
| Innoce | nse is | all that | feeds her |
| C | |
| Rolling through the mist |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Floating i | n a | sea of | madness |
| G | D | C | Em | F | D | |
| Reaching | for the | heighths of | gladness |
| D | |
| Or did she exist? |
| Em | A | |
| Swirling ions from the | stars |
| D | Em | |
| Streaming down onto the | earth |
| G | D | |
| >From a galaxy like | ours |
| A | Bm | |
| Manifested in her | birth |
| Em | A | |
| Child of the unive | rse |
| D | Em | |
| Giving freely of h | erself |
| G | D | |
| Purity of truth reh | earse |
| A | Bm | |
| Leaving man her cosmic | well |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Love for | anyo | ne who | needs her |
| G | D | C | Em | F | C | |
| Innoce | nse is | all that | feeds her |
| C | |
| Rolling through the mist |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Floating i | n a | sea of | madness |
| G | D | C | Em | F | D | |
| Reaching | for the | heighths of | gladness |
| D | |
| Or did she exist? |
| Em | A | |
| Vision of an untouched | grace |
| D | Em | |
| Walking gaily through t | he sun |
| G | D | |
| No one else could take her | place |
| A | Bm | |
| Nor the work that she'd | begun |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Love for | anyo | ne who | needs her |
| G | D | C | Em | F | C | |
| Innoce | nse is | all that | feeds her |
| C | |
| Rolling through the mist |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Knowing w | hat is u | ndersta | nding |
| G | D | C | Em | |
| Patience | that is | undemand | ing |
| F | D | |
| Or did she | exist? |
| Or did she exist? |
| Or did she exist? |
| Lead vocal: Roger McGuinn Harmony: John York |
| From the "Dr Byrds & Mr Hyde" LP Columbia Records 1969 |