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The Circle (Song for Layla al-Attar and Los Olvidados)
written by Kris Kristofferson
INTRO: D
D
Who killed this woman, this artist, this mother
A
Who broke the candle and snuffed out her light
Along with her husband and wounded her children
D
And sauntered away like a beast in the night
D
Not I, said the solider, I just followed orders
A
It was my duty to do my job well
Not I, said the leader who ordered the slaughter
D
I'm saddened it happened but then war is hell
Not us, said the others who heard of the horror
And turned a cold shoulder on all that was done
In all the confusion a single conclusion
The circle of sorrow has only begun (and in Argentina)
D A
Straight to the cirlce on Sunday, down thru the canyons they come
D
Bearin' names of their mothers and daughters, names of their fathers and sons
G
Stolen away with no warnin', never to ever return
D A7 D
On El Rio del Muerto, all of the bridges are burned
BRIDGE:
G D
Los Desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
A D
Gone from the face of the Earth with no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
G D
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
A D
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all
SOLO: D A D
D A
Slowly the circle of sadness spins in the Plaza Mayor
D
Lonesome remains of the madness and pain in a world gone insane in a war
G
And a song for the broken survivors, dancing alone in the dark
D A7 D
With the silence of Los Olvidados, like a hole in the heart
BRIDGE