WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Al Stewart - Charlotte Corday Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
G D C (x4)
[Verse 1]
G D C G D C
If you hear a step upon your stair tonight
G D C G D C
If you see a shadow in the candle light
D G C
It's only your imagination leading you astray
D Em
See her for a moment then she'll slip away
C G D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff]
G D C
[Verse 2]
G D C G D C
She wanders down the hallway in a long black dress
G D C G D C
And lingers by the fireplace like a faint caress
D G C
Just what it is that brings her here no man alive can say
D Em
See her for a moment then she melts away
C G D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff]
G D C
[Bridge]
Eb F
Stars in the window like a panoply
Eb F
Covering everything, river of night
Eb F
Stars in the window See them shining
Cm F
For anyone else, anyone else
[Instrumental]
G D C (x6)
C G Am G F
[Bridge]
Eb F
Stars in the window like a panoply
Eb F
Covering everything, river of night
Eb F
Stars in the window See them shining
Cm F
For anyone else, anyone else
[Verse 3]
G D C G D C
The clock ticks in the dark and now the night is still
G D C G D C
The air is like a murmur on the window sill
D G C
All at once there's someone there that only you can see
D Em
Seeking the forgiveness that will set her free
C G
The wind has taken away
C G
The words she wanted to say
C G
The sky now turning to gray
C G
The dawn is turning away
C N.C. G D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday.
[Outro]
G D C
G D C
G
