Tapestry – Don McLean
Nghệ sĩ: Don McLean
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Don McLean - Tapestry
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every thread of creation is held in position
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
by still other strands of things living.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
of smouldering cities so gray and so vulgar,
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch
as not to be satisfied with their own negativity
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
but needing to touch all the living as well.
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every breeze that blows kindly is one crystal breath
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
we exhale on the blue diamond heaven.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
As gentle to touch as the hands of the healer.
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
As soft as farewells whispered over the coffin.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
We’re poisoned by venom with each breath we take,
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
from the brown sulphur chimney and the black highway snake.
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every dawn that breaks golden is held in suspension
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
like the yolk of the egg in albumen.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Where the birth and the death of unseen generations
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
are interdependent in vast orchestration
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
and painted in colors of tapestry thread.
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
When the dying are born and the living are dead.
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every pulse of your heartbeat is one liquid moment
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
that flows through the veins of your being.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Like a river of life flowing on since creation.
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Approaching the sea with each new generation.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
You’re now just a stagnant and rancid disgrace
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
that is rapidly drowning the whole human race.
Verse 5→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every fish that swims silent, every bird that flies freely,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
every doe that steps softly.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
Every crisp leaf that falls, all the flowers that grow
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
on this colourful tapestry, somehow they know.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch
That if man is allowed to destroy all they need.
ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
He will soon have to pay with his life, for his greed.