Ashokan Farewell

ASHOKAN FAREWELL
 
      Words by Grian MacGregor
       Music by Jay Ungar
 

 

Aside from the melody played by individually plucking, the strumming/picking pattern is:
A, D, GB, GB
 
[Verse 1]
D                  D7         G           Em
The sun is sinking low in the sky above Ashokan
    D             Bm           G            A7
The pines and the willows know soon we will part
          D              D7      G          Em
There’s a whisper in the wind of promises unspoken
       D             Bm       A7         D
And a love that will always remain in my heart
 
   D               D7          G             D
My thoughts will return to the sound of your laughter
    D        Bm        A     A7
The magic of moving as one
      D            C     G         D
And a time we’ll remember long ever after
    D             Bm        A7          D
The moonlight and music and dancing are done
 
[Verse 2]
        D                    D7            G                Em
Will we climb the hills once more, will we walk the woods together
       D        Bm         G           A7
Will I feel you holding me close once again
           D                    D7        G          Em
Will every song that we've ever sung stay with us forever?
         D           Bm           A7         D
Will you dance in my dreams or my arms until then?
 
D         D7       G             D
Under the moon the mountains lie sleeping
         D        Bm    A         A7
Over the lake the stars shine
     D         C      G         D
They wonder if you and I will be keeping
    D          Bm        A7           D
The magic and music, or leave them behind
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