Misc Your Songs - Bill richard - the story of mr lawrence

Mr. ^BmLawrence bows his head in an empty ^Emroom He ^Bmrecounts the time he wrote that ^F#mtune How the ^Emwords flowed to form ideas more ^Abold But they ^Gescape him as he grows ^Bmold Over ^Bmtime, those instruments began to ^Embreak The ^Bmpapers withered to dust And ^F#mhe began to shake Oh Mr. ^GLawrence, how you have ^Bmlost

Dear Mr. ^DLawrence, you taught the world to ^Gdance The way your ^Gnotes filled that ^Aroom put us all in ^Dtrance The ^Glessons you taught the ^Emworld were heard by us ^Dall And ^F#mif this stage on ^Emwhich you played were to ^Dfall N.C. D The world would grow a little darker A little ^Gcolder N.C. Bm We need you to stand tall So ^Empick up that faded guitar that’s been ^Alocked away And ^Gplay to us the tune that made us ^Awant to stay If you can ^F#mrise up Mr. Lawrence we’ll ^Emgive you one more ^Gchance To ^Aput us all back ^Emin our belladonic ^Dtrance

The ^Bmroom that he sat in grew a little ^Emquieter that day And the ^Bmpaints on the walls, they ^F#mfaded to gray But in that ^Emroom the music refused to be ^Aexiled And for ^Gone last time he ^Bmrecalls when he was a child

He ^Bmremembers getting that faded 6 - ^Emstring Playing ^Bmday by day, ^F#mleft hand By ^Emlearning to play he ^Alearned to sing They ^Gcalled him a one man ^Bmband

Dear Mr. ^DLawrence, you taught the world to ^Gdance The way your ^Gnotes filled that ^Aroom put us all in ^Dtrance The ^Glessons you taught the ^Emworld were heard by us ^Dall And ^F#mif this stage on ^Emwhich you played were to ^Dfall N.C. D The world would grow a little darker A little ^Gcolder N.C. Bm We need you to stand tall So ^Empick up that faded guitar that’s been ^Alocked away And ^Gplay to us the tune that made us ^Awant to stay If you can ^F#mrise up Mr. Lawrence we’ll ^Emgive you one more ^Gchance To ^Aput us all back ^Emin our belladonic ^Dtrance

And ^Bmthen one day the music ^Emleft The ^Bmpeople ^F#mcried The ^Emchildren ^Awept We all ^Gwish we could have ^Bmseen One more ^Gsong A starman’s ^Ddream But this ^Bmworld took your soul too ^Emsoon You ^Bmnever got to go to the ^F#mmoon Then we ^Emsat around and ^Adaydreamed Thinking ^Gabout how pretty your songs had ^Bmseemed But ^BmLazarus had to collect his ^Emdues You ^Gleft this world one spaced-out ^Ddude