capo 2							Am G Am G Am G Am G

The mountain's snowy top and face of spar   		Am  G   Em
Reflect the moon's serene, indifferent rays  		Em  Am  G  Am
And Venus when she is an evening star			Am  G   Em
Is undiminished now by lingering day			Em  Am  G  Am

Orion's distant sword swings overhead			F   G   C   Am
In blessing or in threat?  No one can say.		F   G   Am  Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read			F   G   C   Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed  		F   G   Am  Em

					to me.		Am G Am G Am G Am G

Through pale and starveling days we bleakly wait  	Am  G   Em
For darkness to be spent and so retreat	  		Em  Am  G  Am
For winter to renounce her cold estate	  		Am  G   Em
And coax the creeping springtime's mellow heat		Em  Am  G  Am

Orion's distant sword swings overhead			F   G   C   Am
In blessing or in threat?  No one can say.		F   G   Am  Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read			F   G   C   Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed  		F   G   Am  Em

					to me.		Am G Am G Am G Am