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Capo 5 C It's the tenth of January F G Am And I still ain't had no sleep C F She comes waltzing in the nighttime G Made of wings C She is dressed up like a bandit F G Am With a hundred sparkling rings C F G Looking for my company to keep F G Coming closer to me C F She doesn't say a word F G In the shadow of the carved rock tower C Where the sounds of the night F G Am Were the only things we heard F G C In my darkest hour [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/arlo-guthrie/257052.html ] C She don't want to hear no secrets F G Am She would guarantee me that C F She knows there ain't no words G That can describe her C With her white silk scarves F G Am And her black Spanish hat C F G She knows there ain't no way I can deny her F G Yes her blue velvet perfume C F Filling up the night F G The guards are all asleep that watch the tower C The moonlight held her breast F G Am As she easily undressed F G C In my darkest hour C Her father's in his chambers F G Am with his friends all gathered 'round C F They are plotting their enemy's G demise C With their last detail done F G Am They await the coming sun C F G While I am staring in my lover's eyes F G Her brothers and her sisters C F Are all through for tonight F G Pretending that they've just come into power C But she far most of all F G Am knows that they can only fall F G C In my darkest hour C Hungry wings, their melodies F G Am While my love awakens me C F In the midst of the sunburst G first light C Her hands are holding up the skies F G Am As I hid my opened eyes C F Every move just for herself G And that's so right F G Soon I went along my way C F With no words that could explain F G As she began descending to the tower C Her safety now concerns me F G Am Her circumstance to blame F G C In my darkest hour |