{"id":202,"date":"2021-02-28T22:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T22:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2021-02-28T22:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T22:35:41","slug":"orpheus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/orpheus\/","title":{"rendered":"Orpheus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">(Intro)\n\/ Dm F C Dm \/ D F - C \/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm A7 Dm - \/\n\n(Verse 1)\nI'll tell you a tale of a brave and noble wanderer\nWho fell into a place not known by men for years\nA place underground older than time or longer\nGrowing in our terrors and our fears.\n\/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm F - C \/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm A7 Dm - \/\n\n(Refrain)\nHe played a golden lyre , had a voice of the stars\nHe treked the world by boat moving near and far\nBlessed by the gods, thousands heard his voice\nThe world moved when he made that fabled choice\n\/ Am - G - \/ Am - C G \/ Am - G - \/ Am E7 Am - \/\n\n(Verse 2, 3)\nHe joined the ranks of a famous noble vessel\nManned by a crew of fifty heroic men\nThe son of a god men who hunted and wrestled\nSome of which were never seen again.\n\nHe angered the gods and their vengeance slew his lover\nA deadly nest of snakes left her body cold\nHe knew in his heart he could never love another\nAnd hatched a plan both foolish and bold\n\n(Refrain)\n\n(Instrumental)\n\/ Dm F C Dm \/ D F - C \/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm A7 Dm - \/\n\/ Am - G - \/ Am - C G \/ Am - G - \/ Am E7 Am - \/\n\n(Verse 4, 5)\nHe roamed the earth for years looking for an entrance\nThat would take him to the darkness under the earth\nBraving deadly perils and a guardian immense\nTo prove to the king and queen his worth\n\nHe moved their frozen hearts with his beautiful song\nThey granted him to leave with his lover and wife\nIf he didnt look behind as he traveled along\nThey would restore her soul and her life\n\n(Refrain)\n\n(Verse 6, 7)\nBut Alas! Curiosity proved to be his downfall\nHe tried to steal a glance to see if the gods spoke true\nShe disappeared in seconds with a sorrowed haunting call\nJust as the earth\u2019s green meadows were in view\n\nAnd so ends the tale of a brave and noble wanderer\nWho tried and failed to bring his love back to the sun\nThe only chance to restore his true love he squandered\nAnd in that folly his life was undone.\n\/ Dm F C Dm \/ D F - C \/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm A7 Dm - \/ DmA7 DmA7 DmA7 Dm \/<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Intro) \/ Dm F C Dm \/ D F &#8211; C \/ Dm F C Dm \/ Dm A7 Dm &#8211; \/ (Verse 1) I&#8217;ll tell you a tale of<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/orpheus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orpheus<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gibson.show\/bard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}