A5 In the quiet morning There was much despair And in the hours that followed A5 No one could repair D5 That poor girl E5 Tossed by the tides of misfortune E5 Barely here to tell her tale E5 Rolled in on a sea of disaster E5 E5 E5 Rolled out on a mainline rail A5 She once walked tight at my side I'm sure she walked by you D5 Her striding steps could not deny E5 E5 Torment from a child who knew A5 That in the quiet morning There would be despair And in the hours that followed A5 No one could repair D5 That poor girl E5 She cried out her song so loud E5 It was heard the whole world round D5 A symphony of violence E5 E5 The great southwest unbound A5 E5 D5 E5 D5 A5