(intro 2x) Em  C  Am Bm  C  D

(strumming 2x) Em  D  C  D

Em       C
    The crying owl    the crying owl
D           Em   C  D
Cries a prophecy of storm for all of us
Em         C
    The nightingale      the nightingale
        D                Em
Is going on to sing her song her evening star

  C   D     C
Nightingale  don't you know  taciturn
     Dsus2
You must learn to be and to...

   G           D       Em
...Show in the eyes of the dangerous night
          G       D
It brings storm  it brings death
         G
Believe my words and despair
             G           D
Learn to fear          learn to shake
  Em             Bm
When the dangerous me awakes
   C         Am  D
The black clouds are soon near

Em                C
     So you should fear         so you should fear
         D                          Em      C D
Says the anxious owl which seems so sorrowed
Em                     C
     My lovely owl         my lovely owl
         D                    Em
Says the nightingale so modestly she is
            C                     D            C
I am known      for the storm      it has time 
            Dsus2
time to care

       G                  D              Em
Nightingale  show in the eyes of the dangerous night
          G       D
It brings storm  it brings death
         G
Believe my words and despair
             G           D
Learn to fear          learn to shake
  Em             Bm
When the dangerous me awakes
    C             Am  D
The black clouds are soon near

Em                   C
        So let me sing       my lovely owl
         D                  Em      C D
When the danger is here I'm taciturn
Em                  C
     And I will hide     between a bough 
            D                      Em
till the heaven will alight I'm taciturn

(final 2x)  Em  C  Am Bm  C  D 

(strumming 2x)  Em  D  C  D