G Am 
G   D        G               C                    G  
Oh Tule, it's on account of you that I've been weeping
D              Em
Here behind my hand
C                           G              C             D
It's lonesome in my heart's land, as the sands of the desert
G   D             G            C                      G  
Oh, tell me, why was it always you, who, through the changes
D               Em
You, who always sang
      C                             G            
and played while the green vespers rang
         C             D
In the heart of the hillside
D                    C                   D       C     G   
It's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other
        C                             Bm 
You and me, sweet and slightly out of key
          Em                         C       G C G  D
Like the sound of a running down calliope
G   D        G                 C                G  
Oh Tule, it's once I was your knight in golden armor
         D             Em     
With the sun behind my hair
       C                G
And my music filled the air 
      C          D
with symbols and lightning!
G   D           G                 C                 G  
Oh tell me, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons?
    D              Em 
My hair is growing dark
            C                    G  
And there's no room left in the ark 
       C            D
for a lark with a broken wing
D                    C                   D    C     G   
It's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other
        C                             Bm 
You and me, sweet and slightly out of key
          Em                         C       G C G  D
Like the sound of a running down calliope
G   D        G                 C                G  
Oh Tule, it's on account of you that I'll be leaving
  D                  Em  
'Cross the deep salt sea
 C                          G
Whatever wild worlds I may see,  
 
         C            D
will be empty without you
D                    C                   D       C     G   
It's a sad song we always seem to be singing it to each other
        C                                 Bm 
And a child's voice, so tender and out of tune
        Em                         C   
Does he ask if I'll be coming home soon?
        D                          G