Helva's Lament

        
        
        Em        Em/D         C          B7
        Under the starlight my lover lies sleeping.
        EM        EM/D         C            B7
        I must go mourning the life that we shared.
        E           Am          D             G       G/F#
        Here in the void no one else hears my weeping;
        Em     Em/D Em/C  Em/B Am     B7  Em
        Jennan, my dearest, O why are you dead?
        
        We were the greatest duet ever started.
        "Race to the Horsehead, JH-834!"
        Now he is gone and my joy has departed;
        Helva, the Ship who Sings, singing no more.
        
        Where we were called to that sun turning restless
        (To) help people flee from Ravel's fiery tide,
        His space-suit failed, and as I stood by helpless,
        Heat overcame him and airless he died.
        
        Under the starlight my lover lies sleeping.
        I must go mourning the life that we shared.
        Here in the void no one else hears my weeping;
                                          C
        Jennan, my dearest, O why are you dead?
                                Am      B7 Em
        		 -- How can you be dead?

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