Pegasus
Words by Joe Henry
Music by John Denver
from Spirit (1976)
Unusual chords:
Bm/A : ||3321
Amaj7 : ||212|
D/F# : 1||232
A Bm/A Amaj7 Bm/A
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
A G D/F# E
Tell the story that you told, of sailors drinking tea
A Bm/A A
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
G D/F# A
Pegasus and flying fish and woodmen made of tin.
A G
A kid knows what he wants to be
D/F# A
Before he's nine or ten
G
Cowboys, clowns and men of war
D/F# E
And someone else's friend
A Bm/A
But nine grows into big boy's pants
A
And then to scars and pain
G
Twenty's fast and hard as nails
D/F# A
But doesn't come again.
G
There's days to fall and days to rise
D/F# A
And days for making haste
G
Days for seeking out yourself
D/F# E
But no days you can waste
A Bm/A
Night times filled with love song good
A
It aches to rest it down
G
Endless hallways dark with sleep
D/F# A
And rivers dark with sound
A Bm/A Amaj7 Bm/A
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
A G D/F# E
Tell the story that you told, of sailors drinking tea
A Bm/A A
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
G D/F# A
Pegasus and flying fish and woodmen made of tin.
A G
Children climbing on my arms
D/F# A
And pigeons on my head
G
Get thee up my little man
D/F# E
And dream a dream instead
A Bm/A
Dream a dream of rocking chairs
A
And flying through the night
G
Then dream until the morning's gone
D/F# A
And turned the dark to light
G
Then come and get your daddy
D/F# A
If he hasn't blown away
G
Rock him in your children's hands
D/F# E
And help him find his way
A Bm/A
Take him to your hiding place
A
And let him come inside
G
He's never tell your secret
D/F# A
Cross my heart and hope to die.
A Bm/A Amaj7 Bm/A
Peaceful valleys, animals and children asking me
A G D/F# E
Tell the story that you told, of sailors drinking tea
A Bm/A A
Tell the one about the man who saddled up the wind
G D/F# A
Pegasus and flying fish and woodmen made of tin.