Ancient Rhymes
Words and Music by John Denver & Bob Samples
from The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)
Capo 5th fret
Unusual chords
D/C x3x232
G/B x2x033
D/F# 2x023x
A7sus4 x02030
Dsus4 xx0233
Dsus2 xx0230
D D/C G/B A
G D/F# Em A7sus4 A
D D/C G/B A7
Two days before the moon was round
D D/C G/B A7
You felt the urge of sun s light beams
D D/C G/B A
The muffled world of dolphin sounds
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Slipped out and back, into your dreams
D D/C G/B A7
For nine full months that passed before
D D/C G/B A7
You learned of all of life's ancient rhymes
D D/C G/B A
Then mother sensed a far-ther shore
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And brought you forth in-to these times
Em7 A
So taste the air of your new world
Bm G D/F#
And gently guide us to your mind
Em7 A D
It knows the winds and sails unfurled
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And holds to heart the dol-phin kind
D D/C G/B A G D/F# A
D D/C G/B A7
Welcome precious earthmade child
D D/C G/B A7
We met you first in your fa-ther's songs
D D/C G/B A
And mother's smile and waters wild
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
It's in this place you now be-long
D D/C G/B A7
I know you know of all these things
D D/C G/B A7
And feel the faith of a dolphin's sigh
D D/C G/B A
For you were born on silver wings
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
To taste the high blown crys-tal sky
Em7 A
So sing one day to all of us
Bm G D/F#
The songs you learned in dol-phin lair
Em7 A D
Giving home to life as all we must
G D/F# Em A7 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And teach us how their grace to share
D D/C G/B A7
D D/C G/B A7
D D/C G/B A
G D/F# Em A7sus4 A
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D