F
Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia
  Em
A cultured man with rings within his ear-lobes
D                    G              Em
Locked the door from which the sun arose


[Verse 2]
  F
A man at noon with shadows on his cheek bone
Em
Singed for sleep to use him as a pillow
    D                    G              Em
His robes of chintz were melting in the snows


[Verse 3]
    F
The stars with eyes embedded in his footprints
Em
Wept sweet words from his remembered childhood
D            G                   Em
Poets of the skies look long and hard


[Verse 4]
F
Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia
  Em
A cultured man with rings within his ear-lobes
D                    G              Em
Locked the door from which the sun arose


[Outro]
F             Em D G Em
Lye-die-die...
F             Em D G Em
Lye-die-die...
F             Em D G Em
Lye-die-die...
F             Em D G Em
Lye-die-die...
F             Em D G Em
Lye-die-die...