Judy Collins - King David CAPO: 2nd Fret [Intro] [Verse 1] King David was a sorrowful man No cause for his sorrow had he And he called for the music of a hundred harps To ease his melancholy [Verse 2] They played till they all fell silent Played and play sweet did they But the sorrow that haunted the heart of King David They could not charm away [Verse 3] He rose and in his garden Walked by the moon alone A nightingale hidden in a cypress tree Jargoned on and on [Verse 4] King David lifted his sad eyes Into the dark-boughed tree "Tell me thou little bird that singest Who taught my grief to thee?" [Verse 5] But the bird in no-wise heeded And the king in the cool of the moon Hearkened to the nightingale’s sorrowfulness Till all his own was gone