Amazing track written by Richard Thompson and David Swarbrick and sung by Sandy 
Denny on Fairport Convention's "Liefe & Lief" album.

Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)         FmWithin (133111@1)the fire and out upon the sea
Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)          BmCrazy (x24432@1)Man Michael was walking
Bm (x24432@1)            D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)           FmHe (133111@1)met with a raven with eyes black as coals
Bm (x24432@1)         A (x02220@1)          BmAnd (x24432@1)shortly they were a-talking

Fm (133111@1)                         Bm"Your (x24432@1)future, your future, I would tell to you
Fm (133111@1)                         AYour (x02220@1)future, you often have asked me
Bm (x24432@1)                 A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       FmYour (133111@1)true love will die by your own right hand
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)          BmAnd (x24432@1)Crazy Man Michael will cursed be"

Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)         FmMichael (133111@1)he ranted and Michael he raved
Bm (x24432@1)                   A (x02220@1)           BmAnd (x24432@1)beat at the four winds with his fists-oh
Bm (x24432@1)                D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)           FmHe (133111@1)laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore
Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)              BmFor (x24432@1)his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-oh

Fm (133111@1)                   Bm"You (x24432@1)speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
     Fm (133111@1)                      AYou (x02220@1)speak for the devil that haunts me
    Bm (x24432@1)             A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)           FmFor (133111@1)is she not the fairest in all the broad land?
        Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)          BmYour (x24432@1)sorceror's words are to taunt me"

Bm (x24432@1)              D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)         FmHe (133111@1)took out his dagger of fire and of steel
      Fm (133111@1)                             AAnd (x02220@1)struck down the raven through the heart-oh
Bm (x24432@1)                 D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)        FmThe (133111@1)bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
Fm (133111@1)           A (x02220@1)                 BmAnd (x24432@1)the cold earth did wonder and start-oh

Fm (133111@1)                       Bm"Oh, (x24432@1)where is the raven that I struck down dead
      Fm (133111@1)                    AThat (x02220@1)here'd lie here on the ground-oh?
  Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)    FmI (133111@1)see but my true love with a wound so red"
      Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)          BmHer (x24432@1)lover's heart it did pound-oh

Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         FmCrazy (133111@1)Man Michael, he wanders and walks

And talks to the night and the day-oh
Bm (x24432@1)                   D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          FmBut (133111@1)his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear
        Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)he longs to be far away-oh

Fm (133111@1)                    BmMichael (x24432@1)he whistles the simplest of tunes
     Fm (133111@1)                       AAnd (x02220@1)asks the wild woods their pardon
         Bm (x24432@1)          A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)         FmFor (133111@1)his true love is flown into every flower grown
    Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)           BmAnd (x24432@1)he must be keeper of the garden

Chords by COTH