Colum Sands - The Note That Lingers On Chords & Tabs

The Note That Lingers On
Colum Sands
(Capo 1, original is in Eb)

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Intro: D  D  A  A  D  D

  D       G      D               G             D
I saw you by the river that goes flowing on forever
             A        D                                A
The blossoms from the apple tree were falling for your charms
  D         G        D                 G                 D
I looked at you, you looked at me, but those of us could barely see
              A             D           A                   D
But the river stood between us, and the slightest chance of harm

      D       G        D                    G            D
I was walking down the road that leads from August to September
               A       D                                  A
When I saw you picking berries with their colours on your hand
         D        G      D                G                D
Like the swallows on the rooftop you were making plans for winter
              A      D                A                 D
When I came a little closer, like the swallows you were gone
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Chorus:
        D      G       D               G                D
    But do you know or don’t you, that I’ll be thinking of you
                       A       D                              A
    That I feel you’re right beside me, in the singing of the song
              D       G         D                   G           D
    And we’ll sing it where the road goes round the corner to remember
                   A      D              A                 D
    That the magic of the music’s in the note that lingers on

          D    G       D             G             D
There was ice upon the river and the city seems to shiver
              A      D                                 A
Til I saw you in the marketplace that keeps the winter warm
         D       G         D            G              D
You were selling herbs and spices and a drink of human kindness
             A       D               A                   D
And a candle for the window that the darkness might be gone

Repeat chorus

         D     G       D                G                 D
When the ice begins to splinter and the spring is coaxing winter
               A      D                                  A
And the taking of his racquet coat, our days are turning warm
         D       G      D               G              D
With the seasons I’ll remember, that as June said to December
         A       D              A               D
Love and life is letting go, as much as holding on

Repeat chorus