Judee Sill : Judee Sill

Capo:

II

G

C/g

G

C/g

G

C/g

Am7/d

G

C/g

G

C/g

G

C/g

D/f#

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Crayon angel songs are slightly out of tune

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

D/f#

But I'm sure I'm not to blame

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Nothing's happened but I think it will soon

Bm7

A7

C/g

So I sit here waitin' for God and a train

G

C/g

G

C/g

D/f#

To the Astral plane

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Magic rings I made have turned my finger green

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

D/f#

And my mystic roses died

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Guess reality is not as it seems

Bm7

A7

C/g

So I sit here hopin' for truth and a ride

G

C/g

G

C/g

D/f#

To the other side

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Phony prophets stole the only light I knew

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

D/f#

And the darkness softly streamed

Em

D/f#

C/g

G

Holy visions disappeared from my view

Bm7

A7

C/g

But the angels come back and laugh in my dreams

G

C/g

G

C/g

I wonder what it means

Am7/d

G

C/g

G

C/g

G

Ha da-da da da-da da

Capo:

II

Em6/g 3x2x20

Em6/g# 4x2x20

Fdim xx3434

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A

Dsus4

D

I have seen the phantom cowboy ride

Esus4

A

His trail of dust is in my dreams

C#m7

Dsus4

D

With an eagle on his shoulder through the clouds he glides

Esus4

A

And sprints across the spatial streams

Em6/g

/g#

But the ledge is steep, and the light is dark

Em6/g

Still I see him leap

D

A

And he keeps on headin' for a star

Bm7

A

Fdim

F#m

Esus4

E7

That's not very far, he's travelin' on a silver filigree

A

Dsus4

D

I've been waitin' at the eastern gate

Esus4

A

I waved my hand to flag him down

C#m7

Dsus4

D

I always hope to catch him but he just can't wait

Esus4

A

He's not allowed to teach the ground

Em6/g

/g#

But his touch can heal, When the light is dark

Em6/g

Doesn't need a shield

D

A

'Cause he keeps on headin' for a star

Bm7

A

Fdim

F#m

Esus4

E7

That's not very far, he likes it all just because it's real

A

Dsus4

D

Though I'm sittin' in the grit and grime

Esus4

A

The spark of hope is in me strong

C#m7

Dsus4

D

I'm gonna try to get there in the nick of time

Esus4

A

And maybe I can ride along

Em6/g

/g#

If I have no fear, when the light is dark

Em6/g

I can feel you near

D

A

Though you keep on headin' for a star

Bm7

A

Fdim

F#m

That's not very far, please don't forget

Esus4

E7

A

If your way is clear, I'll be waitin' here

Dsus4

D

Doo doo doo doo

Capo:

I

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

Fleeter even than Mercury

A

E

A

E

He flies inside the walls he calls his own

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

He came hidin' but now I see

A

E

A

E

He looks like everyone I've ever known

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

He comes bearin' a sacrifice

A

E

A

E

I know him by the rose that's in his hand

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

I've been listenin' to his advice

A

E

A

C#7

I hear the words but I can't understand

F#m

E

C#

His moon mirage is shinin'

F#m

F#7

G#

C#m

Shiftin' the things that he can't endure

F#m

F#7

G#

C#

D

But all through the darkness his pain is pure

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

Fleeter even than Mercury

A

E

A

E

He flies inside the walls he calls his own

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

He came hidin' but now I see

A

E

A

E

He looks like everyone I've ever known

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

He comes bearin' a sacrifice

A

E

A

E

I know him by the rose that's in his hand

A

A7

Dmaj7

B7

I've been listenin' to his advice

A

E

A

C#7

I hear the words but I can't understand

F#m

E

C#

His moon mirage is shinin'

F#m

F#7

G#

C#m

Through all his veins flows a fool's gold flood

F#m

F#7

G#

C#

But through the rose in his hand... flows blood

Capo:

II

Am7

Em7

C

Em7

Am7

Em7

C

Am7/d

Once I heard a serpent remark

Em

G7

A7

Ab7

"If you try to evoke the spark

G

Em

F

Am7/d

You can fly through the dark

Gmaj7

Cmaj7

With a red midnight raven

Bm7

Bm7b5

Cmaj7

G7

To rule the battleground"

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

So I drew my sword and got ready

Am7/d

G

But the lamb ran away with the crown

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

So I drew my sword and got ready

Am7/d

G

But the lamb ran away with the crown

Am7

Em7

C

Am7/d

Though the beast within me's a liar

Em

G7

A7

Ab7

He made me glow with a strange desire

G

C

G/b

Em

F

Am7/d

And I rode on the fire

Gmaj7

Cmaj7

With a blue sacred opal

Bm7

Bm7b5

Cmaj7

G7

To bless the battleground

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

But I turned to see its reflection

Am7/d

G

And the lamb ran away with the crown

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

But I turned to see its reflection

Am7/d

G

And the lamb ran away with the crown

Am7

Em7

C

Am7/d

Once a demon lived in my brow

Em

G7

A7

Ab7

I screamed and wailed and I cursed out loud

G

C

G/b

Em

F

Am7/d

And I sailed through the clouds

Gmaj7

Cmaj7

On ten crested cardinals

Bm7

Bm7b5

Cmaj7

G7

To guard my battleground

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

But I laughed so hard I cried

Am7/d

G

And the lamb ran away with the crown

Cmaj7

Em7

Am7

But I laughed so hard I cried

Am7/d

G

And the lamb ran away with the crown

G

C

G

C

G

D/f#

While you sit and seek

Em

Gmaj7/d

C#dim

D7

A crescent moon is layin' at your feet

G

Am

With hope that's made of sand

G/b

Am

You don't think you can

Gsus4add9

D7/f#

G

C

G

C

But you have held it all in your hand, Lady-O

G

D/f#

Em

Gmaj7/d

I've been tryin' hard to keep from needin' you

C#dim

D7

But from the start

G

Am

My heart just rolled and flowed

G/b

Am

I've seen where it goes

Gsus4add9

D7/f#

G

C

G

And still somehow my love for you grows, Lady-O

A/g

D/f#

So on my heels I'll grow wings

G/f

C/e

Gonna ride silver strings

Gsus4add9

D7/f#

G

C

G

C

But I'll see you in my holiest dreams, Lady-O

G

D/f#

Em

Gmaj7/d

I've been tryin' hard to keep from needin' you

C#dim

D7

But from the start

G

Am

My heart just rolled and flowed

G/b

Am

I've seen where it goes

Gsus4add9

D7/f#

G

C

G

And still somehow my love for you grows, Lady-O

A/g

D/f#

So on my heels I'll grow wings

G/f

C/e

Gonna ride silver strings

Gsus4add9

D7/f#

G

C

G

C

But I'll see you in my holiest dreams, Lady-O

C

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Sweet silver angels over the sea

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Please come down flyin' low for me

C/e

F

C/g

F

C/g

One time I trusted a stranger 'cause I heard his sweet song

Gm/bb

And it was gently enticin' me

Am

Though there was somethin' wrong

Am/g

Bb

F

C/g

G

But when I turned he was gone

Am

C/e

F

Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

Am

He's a bandit and a heart breaker

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

C

Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker

C

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Sweet silver angels over the sea

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Please come down flyin' low for me

C/e

F

C/g

F

C/g

He wages war with the devil a pistol by his side

Gm/bb

And though he chases him out windows

Am

And won't give him a place to hide

Am/g

Bb

F

C/g

G

He keeps his door open wide

Am

C/e

F

Fightin' him he lights a lamp invitin' him

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

Am

He's a bandit and a heart breaker

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

C

Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker

C

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Sweet silver angels over the sea

Csus4add9

Cmaj9

C

Please come down flyin' low for me

C/e

F

C/g

F

C/g

I heard the thunder come rumblin' the light never looked so dim

G/bb

I see the junction get nearer

Am

And danger is in the wind

Am/g

Bb

F

C/g

G

And either road's lookin' grim

Am

C/e

F

Hidin' me, I flee, desire dividin' me

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

Am

He's a bandit and a heart breaker

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

Am

Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker

D7/f#

C

Cadd11/g

C

Yes, Jesus was a cross maker

Capo:

I

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

Em

A7sus4

He rides the ridge between dark and light

A7

D/f#

D/e

D

Without partners or friends

C

G

Em

A

He's courageous enough to be scared

G/f

C7sus4/e

But he's too humble to win

D7

Bless the ridge rider

G

The ridge he's ridin' is mighty thin

D7

I guess the ridge rider

G

Forgets he's travelin' with a friend

C

G

Em

A7sus4

He comes from under the cryptosphere

A7

D/f#

D/e

D

Where the great sadness begins

C

G

Em

A

And he doesn't pretend to be brave

G/f

C7sus4/e

Though the road's dusty and dim

D7

Bless the ridge rider

G

The ridge he's ridin' is mighty thin

D7

I guess the ridge rider

G

Forgets he's travelin' with a friend

C

G

Em

A7sus4

Since the great fall he's been travelin' hard

A7

D/f#

D/e

D

Thinkin' bondage is sin

C

G

Em

A

Hopin' someday the path 'll turn gold

G/f

C7sus4/e

And the weight will turn into wind

D7

Bless the ridge rider

G

The ridge he's ridin' is mighty thin

D7

I guess the ridge rider

G

Forgets he's travelin' with a friend

Capo:

I

G

C/d

G

Em

A

One star remains in the false darkness

C/e

C/d

G

Have you met my man on love?

C/d

G

Em

A

One truth survives death's silent starkness

C/e

C/d

G

Have you met my man on love?

Gmaj7/d

C/d

No sorrow is like yours my friend

C

G/b

/a

/g

/f#

Though silence is your tomb

Em

G7

C

G/b

I'd take your every agony to

Am7

C/d

Save you from this doom

C/d

G

Em

A

But one star remains in the false darkness

C/e

C/d

G

Have you met my man on love?

C/d

G

Em

A

One truth survives death's silent starkness

C/e

C/d

G

Have you met my man on love?

Gmaj7/d

C/d

In your eyes is an echo of

C

G/b

/a

/g

/f#

What once was passion, my friend

Em

G7

C

G/b

If I cried out loud, could you hear these words

Am7

C/d

Resurrection waits within

C/d

G

'Cause one star remains...

Gmaj7/d

C/d

No sorrow is like yours my friend...

C/d

G

'Cause one star remains...

B7#9

C

G

Most high, most high, my man on love

B7#9

C

G

Most high, most high, my man on love

Capo:

I

C/e

F

G7sus4

G7

Lopin' along through the Cosmos

Am7

Bb6

Em7

G/f

And sideways I slide through the square

C/e

F

G5

Am7+

I'm hopin' so hard for a kiss from God

D7/f#

G/f

I missed the sweet love of the air

C/e

F

G7sus4

G7

A silver chariot soars

Am7

Bb6

Em7

G/f

Through mercury ripples of sky

C/e

F

G5

Am7+

I'm lookin' so hard for a place to land

D7/f#

G/f

I almost forgot how to fly

C

Dm7

F

So keep on movin'

G7sus4

C

F

G7sus4

G7

Or stay by my side, either way

E7

F

I'll tell you a secret

G5

Am7+

I've never revealed

D7/f#

G

C

However we are is OK

Capo:

III

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

D/e

A

D/e

A

If I told you some secrets would you say I'm unreal?

G7sus4

D

D/e

A

I could easily love you if you'd just let me feel

D/e

A

G7sus4

D

I can't play forever the games I've outgrown

A

C#7

A

F#m

D/e

A

But just till enchanted sky machines take all the gentle home

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

D/e

A

D/e

A

Just needin' to touch you is so hard to restrain

G7sus4

D

D/e

A

Just waitin' for the time could maybe make me insane

D/e

A

G7sus4

D

My heart is so hungry livin' on patience alone

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

Please hurry enchanted sky machines take all the gentle home

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

D/e

A

D/e

A

I believe the beginning won't be too far away

G7sus4

D

D/e

A

The power's gettin' stronger, I see signs every day

D/e

A

G7sus4

D

So I'll swallow my yearnin' and won't let it be shown

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

Until the enchanted sky machines take all the gentle home

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

D/e

A

D/e

A

My desire is a rosebud in the magic design

G7sus4

D

D/e

A

I can't wait to feel it bloom, they'll be landin' anytime

D/e

A

G7sus4

D

Then when the skeptics are wonderin' where all the faithful have flown

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

We'll be on enchanted sky machines, the gentle are goin' home

A

C#7

F#m

D/e

A

We'll be on enchanted sky machines, the gentle are goin' home

Capo:

II

D

Em7/d

D

Em7/d

D

Em7

A/g

D/f#

Here's to the man who forgot his way home

G5

G5/f#

Em7

Am7

C

D

Who silently narrates the confusion of his fight

D

Em7

A/g

D/f#

He fears the great truth that would free him with its mercy

G5

G5/f#

Em7

Am7

C

D

He hates his own darkness, dare he hide from this light?

G

Am7

D

G

Abracadabra, here's the key to the kingdom

C

G/b

Am7

Dm

Fmaj7

G

See through the eyes that be behind yours

Judee Sill : Judee Sill
1971

Crayon Angels

The Phantom Cowboy

The Archetypal Man

The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown

Lady-O

Jesus Was A Cross Maker

Ridge Rider

My Man On Love

Lopin' Along Through The Cosmos

Enchanted Sky Machines

Abracadabra

Judee Sill : Judee Sill 1971

Crayon Angels

The Phantom Cowboy

The Archetypal Man

The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown

Lady-O

Jesus Was A Cross Maker

Ridge Rider

My Man On Love

Lopin' Along Through The Cosmos

Enchanted Sky Machines

Abracadabra

Judee Sill : Judee Sill
1971