Tonart: D major
Verse 1
D
A
Socrates came to me
in a dream last night
Bm
He asked me for my ideas
F#
on the nature of flight
G
Bm
A
I showed him a charcoal drawing
D
A
F#m
Bm
of a folding bird in the sky,
F#
G
A
Bm
and he left me by myself in
D
Bm
D
the night.
Copernicus came to me
Bm
He asked me what I knew
F#
about the language of light.
G
A
I showed him my left hand, my glasses,
F#m
D
F#m
Bm
and the shadow in the crease of the page,
A
G
A
and he left me by myself
D
A
D
in the night.
Pythagoras came to me
Bm
He asked if the music
F#
helped me to kill in the fight
A
D
reflected in the pools
A
Bm
I was left by the rain,
G
A
D
and he left me by myself in the night.
Mary Shelley, she came to me
Bm
She asked me if I knew
F#
what keeps humanity upright.
G
I showed her my name badge
A
D
and the novel that I have
A
F#m
Bm
been trying to write
D
G
An d she left me by my
A
D
self in the night
Bm
D
A
D
A
Abraham Lincoln, he came to me
in a dream last night
F#
and looked so beleaguered and worn.
G
Bm
A
I told him a riddle that I'd read
Bm
A
D
A
Bm
on the back of a cereal box.
Bm
A
D
and he sat with me in the night.
Bm
A
D
And we sang,
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Abdim
G
D
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Bm
Glory, glory, hallelujah
G
A
G
D
The truth goes marching on
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