Am C F C How often she has gazed from het castle windows all G Am And watched the daylight passing Em Am Within her captive walls Dm Em Am With no one to heed her calls Am C F C The evening hour is fading with the dwindling sun G Am And in these lonely moments Em Am Those embers will be gone Dm Em Am And the last of all the young birds flown Am C F C Her days of precious freedom forfeited long before G Am To live those fruitless years Em Am Behind a guarded door Dm Em Am But those days last no more [Interlude] Am Dm G C F Dm Em Am (x2) Am C F C Tommorow at this hour she will be far away G Am Much further than these islands G Am For the lonely fotheringay