D Night a nine of diamonds A woman lay and cries G At the sister of Mercy D On a Sabbath day D Night a nine of diamonds As revelers commence C G To shiver as she bore D In a babe, a radiance D Brave in constant motion Wherein perfection brews C G Darkness as his brother D Mischief as his moon D Summoning beneath With his gypsy moves C G Yearning as the foal D Shy and beautiful D Every card he drew Had a different face C G Lingering and lost D Unholy holy ghosts D I tend to play them all Am7 D He spoke with confidence Am7 D Another kind of strange Am7 D To shift in loneliness D He sought not for himself The empire he would find C G Save the golden womb D He enter in his mind D We will die a littler The rogues whistling C G Nine blue-eyed sailors D Tip their caps to him D As he passes through them More vagabond than king C G With diamonds on his sleeves C D Like a harlequin