Loni chords

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  			Intro: D  Am  D   G   Am   D   G 

Verse 
      Am                 G                   C           G 
High along the John Muir trail, from Whitney toward Star King 
        Am            Em          C       D        G 
Lon and I set pace to reach Yosemite that spring 
              Am            G                C    G 
And like some dream of Gulliver, we spied El Capitan 
             Am                 Em                   C   D     C 
Wild gables, spires and granite walls, not shaped by any man 
                               G         C            D 
Night fell like talus from the stone and Loni said to me 

 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 

Verse 
D          Am             G                       C         G 
Black bear roamed the tamarack, from Cloud's Rest to Cock's Comb 
             Am                   Em                     C         D      C 
Where silent snowmelts filled the streams that burst and thundered down 
                            G     C            D 
And where Tanaya caught the moon, Loni said to me 

 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 

Verse 
D            Am          G                      C      G 
From Dogwood and Sequoia stands, we climbed the Vernal Trail 
             Am               Em                  C      D      C 
By Big-leaf, maple shine with mist, we scaled the Bridal Veil 
                                G     C              D 
And where Half-Dome, the hooded hawk, set her shadow free 

 
              C         D        G    G/F# Em 
We doused the fire, but kept the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 

Instrumental D  Am  D   G   Am   D   G   Am   D 

Verse: 
            Am              G                 C         G 
Now I know around Cathedral Peak, the seasons cloud and clear 
                     Am              Em                  C      D       C 
And it seems I can't quite count the years since Lon and I were there 
                   G                    C             D 
Still when all the darkness falls, it's Loni close to me 

 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne 
          C         D        G    G/F# Em 
Douse the fire, but keep the flame 
             Am        D     G 
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne