The Riddle - Nick Kershaw
Intr.
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F#mEDA
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1.
AB
I've got I got two strong arms
C#mD
Blessings of Babylon
BmG
Time to carry on
F#m
And try
EAB
For sins and false alarms
C#mDD#mA#m
So to America the brave
BmAD
Wise men save
Ref.
EF#mE
Near a tree by a river
AB
There's a hole in the ground
F#mE
Where an old man of Aran
DA
Goes around and around
F#mE
And his mind is a beacon
AB
In the veil of the night
F#mE
For a strange kind of fashion
DA
There's a wrong and a right
BmADEF#mE
But he'll never, ever fight over you
2.
I've got plans for us
Nights in the scullery
And days instead of me
I only know what to discuss
Oh for anything but light
Wise men fighting over you
3.
It's not me you see
Pieces of valentine
With just a song of mine
To keep from burning history
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Wise men fold
Ref.
ref2.
BmADEGC
...but he'll never, ever fight over you
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FA#
I got time to kill
AD/F#
Sly looks in corridors
GF
Without a plan of yours
Esus4EAmGC
A blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill
DD/CA#D#
Thanks to the calling of the wild
CmA#D#
Wise mens' child
ref.3
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Near a tree by a river
A#C
There's a hole in the ground
GmF
Where an old man of Aran
D#A#
Goes around and around
GmF
And his mind is a beacon
A#C
In the veil of the night
GmF
For a strange kind of fashion
D#A#
There's a wrong and a right
CmA#D#FGm
But he'll never, ever fight over you
