Darby's Castle

Kris Kristofferson G Em See the ruin on the hill C Em Am where the smoke is hangin still D G like an echo of an age long forgotten G Em there's a story of a home C Em Am crushed beneath those blackened stones D D7 D and the roof that fell before the beams were rotten G Em Cecil Darby loved his wife C Em Am and he labored all his life D G to provide her with material possessions G Em and he built for her a home C Em Am of the finest wood and stone D D7 D and the building soon became his sole obsession CHORUS C D oh it took 300 days G Em for the timbers to be raised C G D and the silhouette was seen from miles around G Em and the gables reached as high C - Em - Am as the eagles in the sky D D7 but it only took one night to bring it down D D7 G when Darby's castle tumbled to the ground G C G C G Em Though they shared a common bed C Em Am there was precious little said D G in the moments that were set aside for sleepin' Em for his busy dreams were filled C Em Am with the rooms he'd yet to build D D7 D and he never heard young Helen Darby weepin' G Em then one night he heard a sound C Em Am as he layed his pencil down and he D G traced it to her door and turned the handle Em and the pale light of the moon C Em Am through the window of the room D D7 D split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled CHORUS: C D Oh it took 300 days G Em for the timbers to be raised C G D and the silhouette was seen from miles around G Em and the gables reached as high C - Em - Am as the eagles in the sky D D7 but it only took one night to bring it down D D7 G when Darby's castle tumbled to the ground