Easiest ways to play it:
1. Standard tuning, capo 6
2. Half step down tuning, no capo (transpose 5 steps down to the key of Em, play open chords)
3. Standard tuning, no capo (transpose 6 steps down to the key of Ebm, play bar chords)
4. Half step down tuning, capo 7

-You could play with more people tuned in these different ways (combination of 1 
and 2 might sound very powerful, add 3 or even 4 and you'll have the entire 
orchestra covered… kind of).
-1 and 4 will probably sound the same, for your information.

Both lyrics and chords I transcribed by ear in about two hours.
My Youtube channel is www.youtube.com/CompleteDistortion

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You can kind of guess the chords of course, but I'll still point out how I play it.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE "Am/D" BELOW.

Am/D (actually it's a "C 6add9(no 5th)", but I wrote it as Am/D because that's easier to follow)
x00210

Amx02210 (x02210@1)
Asus2
x02200

Cmaj7
x32000

Fmaj7
x33210

G32003x (320003@1)
F133211 (133211@1)
Dmxx0231 (xx0231@1)
======================

INTRO:
(Am Asus2 Am Asus2)

VERSE 1:
Am (x02210@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    Am/D (000210@1)  Fmaj7To (1x3210@1)     be            rich        is

Am (x02210@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    Am/D (000210@1)  Fto (133211@1)      still          re-        member

Am (x02210@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)         G (320003@1)    FTo (133211@1)     treasure your first dime

Am (x02210@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    G (320003@1)                  FTo (133211@1)     have     a chance to say farewell

CHORUS:
AmStory (x02210@1)of your life
             CTime (x32010@1)of solitude and strife
              GFreedom (320003@1)of the northern road
            FHoping (133211@1)many miles to go
AmPromises (x02210@1)to keep
                CCountless (x32010@1)gold fields to reap
          GTo (320003@1)be rich is to seek
        FTo (133211@1)relive the memory

VERSE 2:
Am (x02210@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Am/D (000210@1)    Fmaj7Far (1x3210@1)off lands,    quests of old

Am (x02210@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Am/D (000210@1)   FSelf (133211@1)respect,     true        grit

Am (x02210@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  G (320003@1)              FNever (133211@1)care, my fortune, my wife
Am (x02210@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  G (320003@1)    FTo (133211@1)     seek   is to be rich

CHORUS:
(Am C G F)
Story of your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go

Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory

BRIDGE:
Am (x02210@1)                                CAll (x32010@1)the strangers on your path

GCrossroads (320003@1)that lead us from home
                                  DmThe (xx0231@1)cooling hymn for soulful Yuletid hearth
Am (x02210@1)                  CAll (x32010@1)the songs of wilderness
                                    GThe (320003@1)truth in which you fall
                                            Dm (xx0231@1)                     FThey're (133211@1)your lost troves, but that's what you recall

CHORUS:
(Am C G F)
Story of your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go

Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory

[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo [which is very, very long…]
(Am C G F)

Outro
F (133211@1)++++++

Thanks for stopping by, I'm very much looking forward to Tuomas' upcoming solo 
album "The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck."

OFFICIAL TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN WEBSITE:
http://www.tuomas-holopainen.com
https://www.facebook.com/Tuomas.L.J.Holopainen
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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