Lament For Boromir (CHORDS) by Karliene Reynolds

[Verse 1]~
 ~C                  ~G        ~F     ~G                    ~Am
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows

                       ~G              ~F      ~G        ~Am
The West Wind comes walking, and about the walls it goes.

   ~F                                         ~Am      ~C                  ~F
‘What news from the West, O wandering wind, do you bring to me tonight?

  ~Am                            ~G                  ~Am
Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?

                       ~G                  ~Dm     ~Am       ~Dm
‘I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey,

   ~Am               ~G     ~F     ~Dm       ~G     ~Am
I saw him walk in empty lands until he passed away

   ~F              ~Am              ~G               ~F
Into the shadows of the North, I saw him then no more.

 ~Am                                            ~G          ~Am
The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor,

   ~F                   ~Am            ~G              ~F
‘O Boromir! From the high walls westward I looked afar,

                             ~Am         ~G           ~Am
But you came not from the empty lands where no men are.’


[Verse 2]~
  ~F        ~Am                    ~G                         ~Dm        ~C        ~Dm
From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones,

          ~Am         ~G        ~F        ~Dm       ~G       ~Am
The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.

       ~F                       ~Am                   ~G             ~F
‘What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?

~Am                                ~G              ~Am
Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.

                     ~G                   ~Dm   ~Am         ~Dm
‘Ask not of me where he doth dwell – so many bones there lie,

         ~Am                  ~G      ~F     ~Dm        ~G     ~Am
On the white shores and the dark shores under the stormy sky,

~F                          ~Am        ~G               ~F
So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowing Sea.

                       ~Am                ~G                 ~Am
Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Wind sends to me!’

    ~F            ~Am              ~G                   ~F
‘O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward roads runs south,

                           ~Am                     ~G           ~Am    ~F
But you came not with the wailing gulls from the grey sea’s mouth’.


[Verse 3]~
          ~Am                   ~G                     ~Dm       ~Am       ~Dm
From the Gate of the Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls,

        ~Am          ~G        ~F          ~Dm   ~G    ~Am
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.

       ~F                       ~Am                 ~G              ~F
‘What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?

                  ~Am       ~G                    ~Am
What news of Boromir the bold? For he is long away.’

                     ~G              ~Dm   ~C       ~Dm
‘Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. Many foes he fought,

       ~Am               ~G      ~F      ~Dm          ~G      ~Am
His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.

      ~F                  ~Am               ~G                  ~F
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest,

    ~Am                             ~G               ~Am
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast.

    ~F            ~Am             ~G                      ~F
‘O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northward gaze,

                    ~Am            ~G               ~Am
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days