Velvet Sky Chords
by Walt Wilkins
Velvet Sky by Walt Wilkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G D G D A D
D G D
As restless as a red-tail hawk, out there on that wind.
G D
Longing for shelter, but bound to fly again.
G D G
Don't know where I'm goin', but I keep everywhere I've been.
D A (G) D
I hold it close and deep within.
G D
- The velvet sky's clear, the moon is on the rise.
G A D
It's quiet as a church, on this road tonight.
Bm A G
And I've got one life on this blessed ground
D A D
And miles to go before they lay me down. -
D G D
There's kindness in this old man Earth ,and comfort in the stars
G D
And rivers of reason, with each step and scar.
G D G
It all spins around you, everywhere you are,
A (G) D
As close as Heaven, and just as far.
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- REPEAT INTRO -
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Bm A G
- I've got one life on this blessed ground
D A D
And miles to go before they lay me down. -
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