The Seventh Seal

Intro: Gm Cm D7 Gm


        Gm             Gm7
        Anybody seen a Knight pass 
this way?

        Gm                         
        I saw him playing chess 
        F
with Death yesterday

        Gm                         
        His crusade was a search 
  Eb              F
for God and they say

             Eb          F    
        It's been a long way to 
          Cm
carry on



        Gm              Gm7
        Anybody hear of plague in 
this town?

        Gm                       
        The town I've left behind 
     F
was burnt to the ground

        Gm                         
        A young girl on a stake, 
  Eb             F
her face framed in flames

               Eb        F        
        Cried "I'm not a witch, 
                Eb
God knows my name"



        Gm                         
        The Knight he watched with 
     Gm7
fear, he needed to know

        Gm                         
        He ran where he might feel 
      F
God's breath

        Gm                         
        And in the misty church he 
Eb       F
knelt to confess

        Eb                  F     
        The face within the booth 
    Cm          C#m
was Mister Death



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        G#m                      
        "My life's a vain pursuit
G#m7
 of meaningless miles"

        G#m                        
        "Why can't God touch me 
  F#
with a sign?"

        G#m                    
        "Perhaps there's no-one 
        E            F#
there" answered the booth

        E                 F#   
        And Death hid within his 
            C#m
cloak and smiled



        G#m                        
        "This morning I played 
       G#m7
chess with Death" said the Knight

        G#m                     
        "We played that he might 
          F#
grant me time"

        G#m                        
        "My Bishops and my Knights 
E                F#
will shatter his flanks"

        E                  F# 
        "And still I might feel 
              C#m
God's heart in mine"



        G#m                     
        And through confession's 
        G#m7
grille Death's laughter was heard

        G#m                   
        The Knight cried "No - 
                F#
you've cheated me!"

        G#m                        
        "But still I'll find a way.
        E          F#
  We'll meet once again"

        E               F#        
        "And once again continue 
  C#m   Dm
to play"



        Am                         
        They met within the woods, 
Am7
the Knight, his Squire and friends

        Am                         
        And Death said "Now the 
  G
game shall end"

        Am                         
        The final move was made, 
  F               G
the Knight hung his head

        F                     G   
        And said "You've won. I've
                 Dm
 nothing left to play"



        Am                       
        The minstrel, filled with 
          Am7
visions, sang to his love

        Am                         
        To look against the stormy 
G
sky

        Am                         
        The Knight, his Squire and 
         F                   G
friends, their hands held as one

        F        G                
        Solemnly danced towards 
  Dm
the dawn



        Am                         
        His hourglass in his hand, 
G
his scythe by his side

        Am                         
        The master Death, he leads 
     G
them on

        Am                         
        The rain will wash away the
 F                G
 tears from their faces

        F                  G      
        And as the thunder 
            Am
cracked, they were gone.


        G Am G Am