Ancient Rhymes

Words and Music by John Denver & Bob Samples
from The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)

Capo 5th fret

Unusual chords
D/C       x3x232
G/B       x2x033
D/F#      2x023x
A7sus4  x02030
Dsus4    xx0233
Dsus2    xx0230


D      D/C      G/B      A
G     D/F#      Em       A7sus4           A

     D        D/C   G/B     A7
Two days before the moon was round
     D          D/C  G/B        A7
You felt the urge of sun s light beams
     D       D/C     G/B      A
The muffled world of dolphin sounds
        G        D/F#    Em      A7     D    Dsus4      D      Dsus2
Slipped out and back,          into your dreams

     D         D/C        G/B       A7
For nine full months that passed before
     D          D/C         G/B        A7
You learned of all of life's ancient rhymes
      D        D/C     G/B    A
Then mother sensed a far-ther shore
      G          D/F#    Em      A7   D   Dsus4      D      Dsus2
And brought you forth     in-to these times

      Em7                 A
  So taste the air of your new world
       Bm                G     D/F#
  And gently guide us to your mind
      Em7                    A        D
  It knows the winds and sails unfurled
       G        D/F#  Em      A7        D     Dsus4   D   Dsus2
  And holds to heart     the dol-phin kind

D      D/C      G/B      A       G     D/F#       A

D        D/C     G/B      A7
Welcome precious earthmade child
    D       D/C           G/B     A7
We met you first in your fa-ther's songs
     D         D/C      G/B  A
And mother's smile and waters wild

     G     D/F#    Em   A7     D       Dsus4      D      Dsus2
It's in this place    you now be-long

  D         D/C    G/B        A7
I know you know of all these things
     D        D/C        G/B       A7
And feel the faith of a dolphin's sigh
     D        D/C    G/B    A
For you were born on silver wings
    G         D/F#     Em   A7   D     Dsus4      D      Dsus2
To taste the high blown   crys-tal sky

      Em7              A
  So sing one day to all of us
       Bm                      G     D/F#
  The songs you learned in dol-phin lair
          Em7               A    D
  Giving home to life as all we must
       G        D/F# Em      A7       D      Dsus4  D   Dsus2
  And teach us how      their grace to share

D      D/C      G/B      A7
D      D/C      G/B      A7
D      D/C      G/B      A
G     D/F#      Em       A7sus4           A
D         Dsus4         D             Dsus2           D