Verse 1:
G                  G/F#              Em
 There was a time, I thought of mine only.
G                G/F#               Em
 Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.
Chorus 1:
C            Bm
 I was noble personage,
Em              C
 Born to beauti-fy the page.
   Em     C              Em    C  D7
If I used time to set it down.
Verse 2:
G                  G/F#              Em
 There was a time, I thought of mine only.
G                G/F#               Em
 Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.
Chorus 2:
C              Bm
 I was of high lineage,
Em            C
 Cast up in a dreadful age.
Em              C            Em    C  D7
 Born to be the hermit of my line.
Bridge 1:
Bm          F#m
 On a windy saturday,
Bm           F#m
 St. Alban's market day.
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Em
 Little did I know,
           C
The work I was to do,
       Bm            Em    D7
Or the love I had to show.
Verse 3:
G                  G/F#              Em
 There was a time, I thought of mine only.
G                G/F#               Em
 Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.
Chorus 3:
C              Bm
 I was of high lineage,
Em            C
 Cast up in a dreadful age.
Em              C            Em    C  D7
 Born to be the hermit of my line.
Outro:
G  G/F#  Em
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G      G/F#     Em      C       Bm      D7      F#m
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  200033  022000  x32010  x24432  xx0212  244222