{ capo 2nd fret }
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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
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I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing
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I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king
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I have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep
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I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak
{ guitar solo }
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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
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See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired
{ gutar solo }
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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
