C

{Verse 1}
    C                           F
Good sir, I now present myself before you
     C                F            G
With velvet robes and lilies in my hair
   C                                      F
My ladies do their best with what they're given,
      C              F                G
And I only pray that you will find me fair
  Am              G             F
I ask you leave a penny for the bargeman,
    C              F                  G
And one in penance for the hearts you break
    Am                          F
And keep these words forever as reminder
        C             Dm          G
Of what sends a dying lily to the lake.

{Verse 2}
     C                           F
Dear Lancelot, my sorrow clad in silver,
    C                 F            G
You see my thoughts return to you again
    C                           F
You came to me as others come a'courting,
    C               F            G
But nothing is with you as other men
  Am              G             F
I ask you leave a penny for the sermon,
     C              F               G
And another for the errors that you make
    Am                           F
And keep these words forever as reminder
        C             Dm          G
Of what sends a dying lily to the lake

Key Change!

{Verse 3}
     D                                 G
With trembling hands I held your life inside you
    D                   G             A
But failed to earn your favour for my own
     D                           G
Your coppers were an empty consolation
       D                G              A
For my needs are met by you, and you alone
  Bm                            G
I ask you leave a penny for the water,
     D              G             A
And another for the liberties you take
    Bm                           G
And keep these words forever as reminder
        D             Em          A
Of what sends a dying lily to the lake

       Bm                    F#m         G
Please keep these words, my love, as a reminder...