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I think the song is originally played without a capo starting on an A# in stead of a G - 
it is, however, easier to play this way:

Ph to Em7 on the Em in the end of each verse.

Capo 3rd

G (320003@1)   Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)    CThere (x32010@1)was a man came to our town
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmHe (022000@1)wore a suit of red
G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)He memorized with secret eyes
        G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)  DThat (xx0232@1)he hid away in his head

C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)     EmHe (022000@1)had a scar upon his head
             C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   DWhere (xx0232@1)there used to be a crown
        G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)       CBut (x32010@1)he sold his robes at the five and ten
     G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)    DAnd (xx0232@1)lived on the edge of town

G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)    CThat (x32010@1)fall he showed us a magic leaf
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)      EmThat (022000@1)he could change to snow
G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)He bought it partly with his grief
     G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)  DAnd (xx0232@1)partly with his soul

C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  EmHe (022000@1)scattered seeds in the alley way
    C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)       DHe (xx0232@1)never seemed to rest
    G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)when you went to ask him why
        G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)   DAll (xx0232@1)he ever said was yes

G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)    CHe (x32010@1)made a swan from waving grass
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmBeside (022000@1)a crystal shore
G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)And a sunrise spun from broken glass
    G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)    DAnd (xx0232@1)many things wondrous more

C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)   EmBut (022000@1)then his hands began to burn
         C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          DWhen (xx0232@1)he heard the news from the war
         G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)     CWhen (x32010@1)we cannot find each other he said
         Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1) DThen (xx0232@1)we can't run away any more

G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)      CNext (x32010@1)day with tears along his face
 C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)    EmHe (022000@1)passed us on the hill
G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)No one thought to ask him to stay
       G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)he knows that we never will

G (320003@1)   Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)    CThere (x32010@1)was a man came to our town
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)     EmHe (022000@1)wore a suit of red
G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)    CHe (x32010@1)memorized with secret eyes
        G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)  DThat (xx0232@1)he hid away in our head

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