{ capo 2nd fret } A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free D5 A5 E5 A5 Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be D5 A5 E5 A5 He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak D5 A5 E5 A5 A5 E5 A5 He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek E5 D5 A5 Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hand E5 D5 A5 Standing like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore E5 E5 Till he can shout no more A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing D5 A5 E5 A5 I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king D5 A5 E5 A5 I have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep D5 A5 E5 A5 I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak { guitar solo } A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 See the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare D5 A5 E5 A5 A5 E5 A5 See the gentry in the country riding off to take the air E5 D5 A5 Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hand E5 D5 A5 Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore E5 E5 Till he can shout no more A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin D5 A5 E5 A5 See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can D5 A5 E5 A5 See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire D5 A5 E5 A5 See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired { gutar solo } A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells D5 A5 E5 A5 See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell D5 A5 E5 A5 See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet D5 A5 E5 A5 A5 E5 A5 See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street E5 D5 A5 Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished cross into his hand E5 D5 A5 Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore E5 D5 A5 Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off across the dusty plain E5 D5 In vain to search again, where no one will hear A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free D5 A5 E5 A5 Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be D5 A5 E5 A5 He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak D5 A5 E5 A5 He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek