Tom: D
D /
D / G / D Bm F#m A
[Verse 1]
D
You told me tales of love and glory
G
Same old sad songs, same old story
D Bm
The sirens sing no lullaby
F#m A
But no-one knows 'cept Lorelei
[Verse 2]
D
Like castle’s out of fairy tales
G
Timbers shivered where once they sailed
D Bm
The lovesick men who caught her eye
F#m A
And no-one knew but Lorelei
[Chorus]
Em
River, river of mercy
A
Take me down to the sea
Em
For if I perish on these rocks
A D /
My love no more I’ll see
[Verse 3]
D
I thought of you in far off places
G
And puzzled over lipstick traces
D Bm
So help me God, I will not cry
F#m A
And then I think of Lorelei
[Verse 4]
D
I traveled far and wondered why
G
No photograph of you beside me
D Bm
Old man river’s not too shy
F#m A
And he remembers Lorelei
[Chorus]
Em
River, river of mercy
A
Take me down to the sea
Em
For if I perish on these rocks
A
My love no more I’ll see
[Solo]
D / G / D Bm F#m A
[Verse 5]
D
If I should float upon this stream
G
And see you in my madman’s dream
D Bm
I’d sink into your troubled eye
F#m A
And none would know 'cept Lorelei
[Chorus]
Em
River, river of mercy
A
Take me down to the sea
Em
For if I perish on these rocks
A
My love no more I’ll see
[Verse 6]
D
But if my ship which sails tomorrow
G
Should crash against these rocks my sorrow
D Bm
I will drown before I die
F#m A
And you I’ll see, not Lorelei -i -i
[Outro]
D G
Lorelei -i
D Bm
Lorelei- i -i
F#m A D
Oh Lorelei
