Penelope
w. Joe Ficklin

Em                    G
For ten long years he camped before the gates of Troy
A                                Em
Plotting their destruction, that city to destroy
G           A         G             A
All for the sake of a girl he never knew
G          A              G            A
Crafty and cunning, those walls he overthrew
G                     A               D
And he started on his journey home to you

Chorus:
	D                 A           G                             A
	Weave a shroud, Penelope, and when it's done, a wife you'll be
	D                        G
	Odysseus is dead by now, lost upon the raging sea
		A                                  G                A
	And when the weaving's almost through, rip the threads, start anew
	 D          A            G                     D
	Odysseus is lost at sea; weave a shroud, Penelope


Em                               G
His journey by the gods delayed, how could you know
A                          Em
Captive on her island, six years with Calypso
    G              A          G                  A
The men he lost to Cyclops, Poseidon's rage he'd earn
    G                A            G                  A
The ships he lost to tempest, the ships with madness burn
G             A                   D
But you never doubted that he'd return

Chorus:
	D                 A           G                             A
	Weave a shroud, Penelope, and when it's done, a wife you'll be
	D                        G
	Odysseus is dead by now, lost upon the raging sea
		A                                  G                A
	And when the weaving's almost through, rip the threads, start anew
	 D          A            G                     D
	Odysseus is lost at sea; weave a shroud, Penelope


Em                               G
For twenty years as queen you've kept your faithfulness
    A                           Em
And ruled your island nation despite your distress
    G                  A      G                  A
And though without his father you still raised a son
   G               A       G                   A
Surrounded then by suitors you would choose no one
  G                A                 D
Until that hateful burial shroud was done

Chorus:
	D                 A           G                             A
	Weave a shroud, Penelope, and when it's done, a wife you'll be
	D                        G
	Odysseus is dead by now, lost upon the raging sea
		A                                  G                A
	And when the weaving's almost through, rip the threads, start anew
	 D          A            G                     D
	Odysseus is lost at sea; weave a shroud, Penelope


Em                                      G
Betrayed, the shroud is finished, but a contest now is planned
   A                                 Em
An arrow through twelve axeheads, the winner gets your hand
    G                 A               G             A
But none can lift the string to boe except a single man
  G               A               G                  A
A stranger bowed, misshapen, with skin wind worn and tan
    G                  A                     D
Let loose an arrow and through the shafts it ran

Chorus:
	D                    A       G                             A
	You wove a shroud, Penelope, now it's done his wife you'll always be
	D                             G
	Odysseus was never dead, just lost upon the raging sea
		A                              G           A
	And now the weaving is all through he has come home to you
	 D           A                G                    D
	Odysseus was lost at sea; you wove a shroud, Penelope