Dm          Am          G
When you go they'll wrap me in linen
         Dm          C              F
Kiss my lips once before they turn pale 
         Dm       Am            G
On this morn you ride to the haunted mountain 
         Dm      C             G
And no one will hear of this tale


I have carried a blade from a young age 
And I value the skills I have kept 
I have but one fear, to end in a cage 
So I go with a mind full of death.

     G                  D           A          Bm
And oh, I would have followed you down to the end
       G        A
My captain my king.
     G  D                A         Bm            G
And oh, I would have followed you down to the paths of the dead
       Dm              Am   G
But I ride to find my own meaning

          
When you go I'll shed these maiden's clothes
And my lips move with prayer on my breath
As a boy or a man I can face the blackness 
For we meet with the armies of death

And oh I would have followed you down to the end
My captain my king
And oh I would have followed you down to the paths of the dead
But I ride to find my own meaning.

 Dm       C         F
Fire consumes the heart that teaches
      Dm       C        F   
The captain of evil to fall
   Dm       C        F
Desire as pure as a man that reaches
     Dm      C         G
The humble hero in us all

 G               D             A          Bm  G 
Oh I would have followed you down to the end 
     A 
My king
    G  D              A            Bm          G 
And oh I would have followed you down to the paths of the dead
        Dm             Am       Dm
But I ride to find my own meaning.