Tom: A5
Intro:
[x1] F#5 / E5 / A5 / B5 / F#5 / E5 / D5 / A5
[x1] F#5 / E5 / A5 / B5 / F#5 / E5 / D5 / A5 / B5 / A5 / D5 / E5 / F#5 / E5
A5 B5 C#5 D5
I've got two strong arms, blessings of Babylon
B5 G5 F#5 E5 A5 B5
with time to carry on and try for sins and false alarms
C#5 D5 D#5
So to America the brave
B5 A5 D5
wise men save
E5 F#5 E5 A5 B5
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
F#5 E5 D5 A5
where an old man of ?arran? goes around and around
F#5 E5 A5 B5
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,
F#5 E5 D5 A5
for a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right
B5 A5 D5 E5 F#5 E5
But I'll never ever fight over you
A5 B5 C#5 D5
I've got plans for us, nights in the scullery
B5 G5 F#5 E5 A5 B5
and days instead of me, I only know what to discuss,
C#5 D5 D#5
oh, for anything but light
B5 A5 D5 E5 F#5
wise men fighting over you
E5 A5 B5
It's not me you see,
C#5 D5 D#5
seasons of gasoline and gold
B5 A5 D5
wise men fold
E5 F#5 E5 A5 B5
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
F#5 E5 D5 A5
where an old man of aron[?] goes around and around
F#5 E5 A5 B5
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,
F#5 E5 D5 A5
for a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right
B5 A5 D5 E5 G5
But I'll never ever fight over you
C5 F5 Bb5 A5 D5 G5
I've got time to kill, sly looks in corridors without a
F5
plan of yours,
E5 E5 A5 G5 C5
a blackbird sings on Bluebirdhill
D5 Bb5 D#5
thanks for the calling of the wild
C5 Bb5 D#5 F5
wise men's child
[Middle Part with bagpipes etc.]
F5 G5 F5 Bb5 C5
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
G5 F5 D#5 Bb5
where an old man of ?arran? goes around and around
G5 F5 Bb5 C5
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,
G5 F5 D#5 Bb5
for a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right
C5 Bb5 D#5
But he'll never ever fight...
F5 G5 F5 Bb5 C5
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
G5 F5 D#5 Bb5
where an old man of ?arran? goes around and around
G5 F5 Bb5 C5
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,
G5 F5 D#5 Bb5
for a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right
C5 Bb5 D#5 F5 C5 Bb5 D#5
But he'll never ever fight over you
F5 C5 Bb5 D#5 F5 G5
No he'll never ever fight over you.