D
Night a nine of diamonds

A woman lay and cries
                  G
At the sister of Mercy
              D
On a Sabbath day
 D
Night a nine of diamonds

As revelers commence
    C             G
To shiver as she bore
                 D
In a babe, a radiance
D
Brave in constant motion

Wherein perfection brews
  C              G
Darkness as his brother
                D
Mischief as his moon
D
Summoning beneath

With his gypsy moves
C                G
Yearning as the foal
              D
Shy and beautiful
D
Every card he drew

Had a different face
C             G
Lingering and lost
            D
Unholy holy ghosts
D
I tend to play them all
    Am7            D
He spoke with confidence
  Am7            D
Another kind of strange
    Am7           D
To shift in loneliness
D
He sought not for himself

The empire he would find
C               G
Save the golden womb
                 D
He enter in his mind
D
We will die a littler

The rogues whistling
C                G
Nine blue-eyed sailors
                   D
Tip their caps to him
 D
As he passes through them

More vagabond than king
 C                     G
With diamonds on his sleeves
C            D
Like a harlequin