Intro
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Fm Cm
Fm C#m
Fm Cm
[Verse One]
Fm
'Twas an eve in late summer
C#
Autumn was nigh
Fm Cm
Still a warm sun did colour the sky
Fm C#
The meadows did shine in a strange golden light
Fm Cm
And vales did forth the soft haze of night
Fm C#
When through the air a voice did resound
Fm Cm
Beckoning the shepherd to rise from the ground
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'What sweet voice does sing in such a woebegone tone?
Fm C# Cm G#
What maiden does wander the heather alone?'
[Instrumental]
G# Cm Fm
G# Cm Fm
[Verse Two]
Fm
Bewitched by its tone
C#
He followed her song
Fm
Whilst the sun did descend
Cm
And the shadows grew long
Fm
In the dim light of dusk
C#m
Near the sparkling cascade
Fm Cm
On a moss covered stone sat a crying young maid
Fm
'Why art thou dreary?
C#m
What happened to thee?
Fm Cm
What song didst thou sing so woefully?'
Fm
'Go whither O shepherd!
A#m
Don't sadden thine heart
Fm Cm
Thou canst not help me - not thou who thou art!
Fm A#m
An old man who's been born in a cradle of wood
Fm Cm
Of a tree that at least a hundred years stood
Fm C#m
Cut by a boy who at heart was still pure -
Fm Cm
Might be my redeemer if he knew that he could...
[Outro]
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Fm G# Cm C
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