The Shield
(Lord/Blackmore/Evans)
From "The Book of Taliesyn", 1968
by danixthebest (g-danix@hotmail.it)

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F# (244322@1)                      F#mMama (244222@1)plays a queen on the hill built on a dream

F# (244322@1)              E/F# (222100@1)       F#While (244322@1)the children play in the field

F# (244322@1)                      F#mPapa (244222@1)smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life

F# (244322@1)     E/F# (222100@1)       F#But (244322@1)how strong is the shield?

F# (244322@1)                      F#mCan (244222@1)peace be found on the carpet above ground

F# (244322@1)         E/F# (222100@1)  F#Where (244322@1)sky is forever blue



Chorus
          F# (244322@1)      E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)             DSo (xx0232@1)let it pass baby now, the slow and riding cloud

G (320003@1)                    F#Which (244322@1)may take me from you


Many things a man can lose
His self, his rights, his views
But never his heart or his love
So take this hand of mine and climb baby, climb
To the hill up above

Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream
While our children play in the field
I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life
And trust in the strength of the shield

So trust in you love, and Lucy of above
And let light pass like a wheel
Don't take the chance of life's hectic dance
Kiss the strength of the shield

The seeker will be found by the looker on the ground
And to his wish he will yield


Fate will have it's word, of course [think this line is wrong...]
And time will change its course
And hold the strength of the shield