See theG ruin on theEm hill
where the Csmoke is Emhangin Amstill
like an Decho of an age long forGgotten

there's a Gstory of a Emhome
crushed beCneath those Emblackened Amstones
and the Droof that fell D7before the beams were Drotten

Cecil GDarby loved his Emwife
and he Clabored Emall his Amlife
to Dprovide her with material posGsessions

and he Gbuilt for her a Emhome
of the Cfinest Emwood and Amstone
and the Dbuilding soon bD7ecame his sole oDbsession

CHORUS
oh it tCook 300 dDays
for the tiGmbers to be raEmised
and the Csilhouette was seGen from miles arDound
and the gGables reached as hEmigh
as the eCagle[-]s iEmn th[-]e sAmky
but it oDnly took one D7night to bring it down
when DDarby's castle D7tumbled to the grouGnd

G C G C
ThoughG they shared a common bEmed
there was preCcious lEmittle sAmaid
in the mDoments that were set aside for slGeepin'
for his busy dreams were fEmilled
with the roComs he'd Emyet to Ambuild
and he neDver heard young D7Helen Darby Dweepin'

thenG one night he heard a sEmound
as he laCyed his Empencil Amdown and he
Dtraced it to her door and turned the hGandle
and the pale light of the mEmoon
through the wiCndow oEmf the rAmoom
split the Dshadows where two D7bodies lay eDntangled

CHORUS:
Oh it toCok 300 daDys
for the timGbers to be raiEmsed
and the silhoueCtte was seGen from miles arDound
and the gGables reached as hEmigh
as the eagCles [-]in Emthe [-]skyAm
but it oDnly took one D7night to bring it down
when DDarby's castle D7tumbled to the grouGnd