Tapestry — Carole King

Chords and lyrics for Tapestry by Carole King (key of E, capo 1).

Verse 1

[E]My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue,
an everlasting vision of the everchanging view,
a wondrous [F#m7]woven [B]magic in bits of [A]blue and [B]gold,
a [Amaj7]tapestry to [G#m7]feel and [F#m]see, impossible to [B7]hold.

Verse 2

[Emaj7]Once amid the soft silver [B9]sadness in the sky
there came a [E]man of fortune, [B9]a drifter passing [B7]by
[F#m7]he wore a torn and tattered [B]cloth around [A]his leathered [B]hide
and a [Amaj7]coat of many [G#m7]colors, [F#m]yellow-green on either [B7]side.

Verse 3

[G]He moved with some uncertainty, [D7sus][D7]as if he didn't [Gmaj7]know
[G]just what he was there for, [D7sus][D7]or where he ought to [Gmaj7]go
[B]once he reached for something golden [Gb7]hanging from a [Abm7]tree
and his hand came [B]down - [Emaj7]empty.

Verse 4

[E]Soon within my tapestry [B7]along the rutted [E]road
he sat down on a river rock [B7]and turned into a [E]toad,
[F#m7]it seemed that he had [B]fallen into [A]someone's wicked [B]spell,
and I [Amaj7]wept to see him [G#m7]suffer, though I [F#m]didn't know him [B7]well.

Verse 5

[F]As I watched in sorrow, [C7]there suddenly [F]appeared
a figure gray and ghostly [C7]beneath a flowing [F]beard
[Gm7]in times of deepest darkness, [C]I've seen him dressed in [Bb]black
now my [Bbmaj7]tapestry's unravelling; [Am7]he's come to take me [Gm]back,
he's [Gm7]come to take me [D9sus][Dm7/4]back.

Outro

[F] [C7] [F] [C7] [F]