Ghosts Of Evangeline Cifras

GHOSTS OF EVANGELINE
As recorded by Cris Jacobs
(2023 release)
 
 
Capo 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
C     F  C/E  F C G
F   C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C                        Em
Thought I could tell the voice of John Hurt
Am                      F
While the wind whistled up from the dirt
       C
Like a man behind the curtain
       G/B           F
Telling good news in rhyme
C                 G/B
In the hum of the static dusk
  Am                          F
I heard the faint reveling of Olabelle
            Am         G/B
Busking her heart on a pavement
   Am             F         G
Of some part of a long lost lifetime
 
 
[Chorus]
            F         C/E       G
All of them long live out their days
         F        C/E    G
Singing along, in secret ways
             F   C/E      G                  F
What lingers on among the light that stays unseen
        G               C    F  C G/B F
All the ghosts of Evangeline
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                   Em
Heard a grandmother laughing, I swear
Am                        F
Through the chimes of the morning air
        C
Blowing past the open window
      G/B                 F
Where precious namesake’s sleep
C                   G/B
In those wild angel dreams she'll stay
Am                      F
Where the matriarchs of ancient gods pray on
C          G/B         Am       F           G
All things good in our days, to comfort and keep
 
 
[Chorus]
            F         C/E       G
All of them long live out their time
         F      C/E  G
Singing along, Evangeline
             F   C/E      G                   F
What lingers on among the light that shines unseen
        G               Am
Are the ghosts of Evangeline
 
 
[Interlude]
G/B F   Am G/B F   Am G/B F
Am G/B F   Fm N.C.
 
 
[Verse 3]
C         G/B
As we bid a fond farewell
Am                         F
To a little blackbird that flew and fell
       C               G/B           Am
Let’s imagine what her soul will tell
   F                  G
If they let ourselves hear it
 
 
[Chorus]
            F         C/E       G
All of them long live out their time
         F       C/E    G
Singing along in secret rhyme
             F   C/E      G                   F
What lingers on among the light that shines unseen
        G               C   G/B F
All the ghosts of Evangeline
         C   G/B F
Of Evangeline
 
 
[Outro]
C G/B F   C G/B F
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