The Velvet Voices - Townes Van Zandt
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I'll play upon
my violin
Until the moun
tains ring
Of lonely laug
hter blindly t
hrown
Across an endl
ess arc of str
ings
And the skies
are set to dan
cing to
A silent symph
ony
And the velvet
voices all sh
all join
The singing
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
The hall is fi
lled to every
corner
By a tinkling
hint of chimes
A melody caree
ns and crumble
s
Leaving just a
trace behind
A rhythm falte
ring faintly f
ails
The silver on
it's wings
And the velvet
voices all sh
all join
The singing
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
The cymbals fl
ash, the drums
they crash
The trumpets r
#
ise to song
The brass bato
n plucks bits
of diamonds
From a glitter
ing wall of al
most dawn
The crystal ch
ords they slas
h the wind
In humble maje
sty
And the velvet
voices all sh
all join
The singing
[Outro]