E7 (020130@1)  Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)E7 (020130@1)            Am (x02210@1)       Dm7
There was a boy,   a very strange enchanted boy.

E (022100@1)     E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1) Am+7 Am7 (x02010@1)Am6They (x02212@1)say he wandered very far, very far,

Dm7   Am (x02210@1)     E7Over (020130@1)land and sea;

Dm7        E7 (020130@1) Bm7-5   Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)      Dm7    E7A (020130@1)little shy   and sad of eye, but very wise    was he.

Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1)   Am (x02210@1)      Dm7
And then one day,   a magic day he passed my way;

E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1) Am+7    Am7 (x02010@1)      Am6And (x02212@1)while we spoke of many things, fools and kings,

Dm7      Am (x02210@1)   E7This (020130@1)he said to me,

Gdim (3423xx@1)   Dm7         Bm7-5      Am (x02210@1) Am+7
"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn

Bm7-5    E7 (020130@1)    Bm7-5      E7E7+5 (020130@1)  Am (x02210@1)   E7Is (020130@1)just to love and  be  loved in  re - turn."

(Instrumental Interlude - 1st 3 lines of second verse)

Gdim (3423xx@1)   Dm7         Bm7-5      Am (x02210@1) Am+7
"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn

Bm7-5    E7 (020130@1)    Bm7-5      E7E7+5 (020130@1)  Am (x02210@1)   
Is just to love and  be  loved in  re - turn."