Isabel

Words & Music by John Denver
from Take Me To Tomorrow (1970)


Unusual chord:
Am7/G   :  3|2|13
Gsus4   :  3||21|
Bb6     :  |13|31
D/A     :  |||232
D/C     :  |3|23|
Em7/B   :  |2||3|


G          Am7/G
Isabel is waiting
      Gsus4         G
In a room of many shadows
    Em                  Am
Her eyes like flashing diamonds
          C                G
Shining brightly from the sea
                     Am7/G
Her hair in silken tresses
        Gsus4            G
Like a road around her shoulders
        Em           Am
Hiding tantalizing treasures
          C             G
That the sun has never seen

G          Am7/G
Isabel is watching
         Gsus4            G
Like a princess from the mountains
         Em                  Am
For the first soft snows of winter
        C                G
And the icy winds they bring
                       Am7/G
With a whisper of her sadness
        Gsus4          G
In the passing of the summer
      Em               Am
Her crown is wide red roses
        C               G
With a lace of forest green

          Bb6            D/A              G
And she wraps her arms around me and she sighs
         Bb6            D/A             G
And she seems to be in silence with her eyes
         Em           A               D   D/C  Em7/B  Bb6  D/A  D7 
And her hair upon my pillow comforts me

G          Am7/G
Isabel is weeping
        Gsus4             G
And her eyes are full of wonder
      Em                 Am
She knows that it's the time for her
         C            G
And she cannot understand
                         Am7/G
She's a mistress of the moonlight
         Gsus4         G
To the stars she is a sister
         Em                 Am
And the morning now awaits her
       C             G
To betray her once again

          Bb6            D/A              G
And she whispers as she sadly slips away
          Bb6            D/A              G
Then she smiles because there's nothing left to say
         Em           A               D   D/C  Em7/B  Bb6  D/A  D7 
And she takes with her the sadness and the sun