Cornwall

D

[Chorus]
       D
As the hound obeys the hunters' horn call
G
  So I'm called back home to Cornwall
D
For that's where my heart lies buried
 A
'Neath the standing stone
        D
Where a white cross on a black field standing
G                                 D
  Proudly waves above the landing place
                               A               D
Beneath the rugged cliffs of Cornwall, my true love

[Verse 1]
       D                   G
Broken images of memories awaken in my bones
       Bm                            G                A
When I do recall the land I left behind that was my home
           G                              Bm
Sailing out from Falmouth bay way back in nineteen-eighty-three
        G                   Em               A                    D
Green behind the ears, just fifteen years of age, well that was me

       D                                  G                 D
Like a fool searching for freedom, roving further far and wide
        Bm                      G                 A
I set out but I did not return upon the running tide
           G                 D                  Bm
Where the timeless cliffs resound with mournful echoes of the cries
   G                 Em                  A                     D
Of fearless seabirds chasing storm clouds though the silver sky

[Chorus]
       D
As the hound obeys the hunters' horn call
G
  So I'm called back home to Cornwall
D
For that's where my heart lies buried
 A
'Neath the standing stone
        D
Where a white cross on a black field standing
G                                 D
  Proudly waves above the landing place
                               A               D
Beneath the rugged cliffs of Cornwall, my true love

[Verse 2]
         D                                 G              D
From the all-night clubs of west Berlin to lonely Pyrenees
        Bm                          G                       A
From chaotic squats in Amsterdam to New World 'cross the sea
         G                 D                Bm
From the forests of New Hampshire to the streets of London Town
         D                   Em                 A                D
Though I loved each place, I could not stay, forever homeward bound

          D                                    G                 D
Where the gorse and foxglove dance and sway upon the rolling moors
        Bm                                  G                     A
And the sea wind blow her emerald kiss from north to southern shore
        G                   D              Bm
Where a song of stone sings out in-tune to transatlantic waves
    D                    Em             A                   D
If I could but hear that song again, my soul it would be saved

[Chorus]
       D
As the hound obeys the hunters' horn call
G
  So I'm called back home to Cornwall
D
For that's where my heart lies buried
 A
'Neath the standing stone
        D
Where a white cross on a black field standing
G                                 D
  Proudly waves above the landing place
                               A               D
Beneath the rugged cliffs of Cornwall, my true love

[Slow Chorus]
         D
When I die as we must do one and all
G
  Send my body home to Cornwall
D
Place my bones down with my heart
    A
Beneath the standing stone
      D
Put a white cross on black field standing
G                                    D
  On my coffin then I'll finally rest in peace
                     A               D
Within the arms of Kernow, my true love

[Chorus]
       D
As the hound obeys the hunters' horn call
G
  So I'm called back home to Cornwall
D
For that's where my heart lies buried
 A
'Neath the standing stone
        D
Where a white cross on a black field standing
G                                 D
  Proudly waves above the landing place
                               A               D
Beneath the rugged cliffs of Cornwall, my true love