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.