Disappearing Man

	  		

Am  C       G               C           Am 
All rise, behold the famous disappearing man 
             C                 G                Dm     Am 
Who comes in crimson robes and leaves in yellow rags 
     C       G               Am 
Hear now his ancient call to union 
        Dm         Am            G              D 
And the furious communion of the maiden and the stag 


       Am           G               Dm               F 
In the dark, in the dawn, with your wedding dress in tatters 
      Am                C             F               E7 
You reveal the yearning desert in the country of your skin 
        Am           G            D               F 
How you ache for the fawn, and he says it doesn't matter 
       Dm            C             Bm           E7             Am 
But it does and he's gone, and you know that he won't be back again 


     C         G               C             Am 
Long now, he's borne his heavy armour resting only 
       C               G             Dm     Am 
In his sorrows and his noble-nosed regrets 
   C           G         Am 
Sunlight, some momentary solace 
          Dm               Am             G               D 
And he'll ride off gay and lawless as the moment that you met 


       Am              G                 Dm              F 
So the night comes and goes, and there's no one there to nurture 
        Am           C                F               E7 
But yourself and you know that you've nothing left to lose 
         Am           G            D           F 
Will you stand in the road waiting for another searcher 
         Dm            C          Bm              E7             Am 
Will you weep soft and low in the voice that your mother used to use 


Instrumental: C  G  D  Am  C  Dm  F  Am  G  D  F  Dm  C  Bm  E7  Am 


      C        G                    C          Am 
Springtime the swain came green and hero like a friendly gypsy  
C               G                Dm     Am 
Storm on tender lilies, hale and blaze 
     C         G                 Am 
Late fall, the boatman rowed you grimly 
       Dm              Am          G                D 
Down a canyon dark and empty, in a stale and dreary haze 


       Am         C              Dm               F 
At the end of the year, when the cliffs rise up behind you 
        Am             G                F            E7 
And the stream runs in circles from the chasm to the core 
        Am           G                 D                F 
And the sun comes in tears, 'cause the gardener did not find you 
         Dm               C                Bm             E7          Am 
Will you bloom bright and fierce, will you know you don't need him anymore 


Instrumental: C  G  C  Am  C  G  Dm  Am  C  G  Am  Dm  Am  G  D 


       Am         C              Dm               F 
At the end of the year, when the cliffs rise up behind you 
        Am             G                F            E7 
And the stream runs in circles from the chasm to the core 
        Am           G                 D                F 
And the sun comes in tears, 'cause the gardener did not find you 
         Dm               C                Bm             E7          Am 
Will you bloom bright and fierce, will you know you don't need him anymore