The Riddle - Nick Kershaw

Intr.

F#mEAH

F#mEDA

HmADEF#mE

1.

AH

I've got I got two strong arms

C#mD

Blessings of Babylon

HmG

Time to carry on

F#m

And try

EAH

For sins and false alarms

C#mDD#mA#m

So to America the brave

HmAD

Wise men save

Ref.

EF#mE

Near a tree by a river

AH

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

AH

In the veil of the night

F#mE

For a strange kind of fashion

DA

There's a wrong and a right

HmADEF#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.

HmADEGC

...but he'll never, ever fight over you

bri

FB

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/CBD#

Thanks to the calling of the wild

CmBD#

Wise mens' child

ref.3

FGmF

Near a tree by a river

BC

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

BC

In the veil of the night

GmF

For a strange kind of fashion

D#B

There's a wrong and a right

CmBD#FGm

But he'll never, ever fight over you