Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
can.
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You better plan, Gentlemen."
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So The Story Goes:
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s from a Sherwood Dignitary
Set 'em afloat on a Merchant's Boat,
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set sail for Johnny Appleseed
Johnny planted the magic seeds.
Botany, POOF!: Magic Trees
Paul Bunyan said,
"This will fetch me bread..."
He sold the wood to a violin
maker.
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The Legend breathes...
It satisfied the maker
Toe-tapped a a rhythm,
touched bow to string
His soul earthquakes, the Sirens sing
"My heart can rest, I've made the best.
No match to play,
no greater love I'll know"
Hid the 'lin, smashed his tools
and grinned
And died a happy old man
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The Legend grows...
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What works for me, may not work for you
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That which often gets passed down
Often gets misconstrued
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Expectation...Imagination, surely
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Don't look for that which others have...
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You can't find what won't be found.
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Enter the Jester De
Romancipation Persuasion
(the fool...)
Escaped from the King...
This myth, he longed to pull these
magic heartstrings
He bought up every violin on the country,
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mountain, ocean-side
"To "To play the one of Legend Lore,
I'll lead a true love to my door!"
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The Legend thrives...
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For Your
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Violin...For Your
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Violin
that which could not be found
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He hung 3,000 violins from the rafter
beams by their rusty strings
Penniless and paupered,
bug-eyed crazed and gummy-grinned
Conducted Conducted with a bow,
that did him in...
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For Your
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Violin...For Your Violin...
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[CHORUS]
...Hood, Appleseed,
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Bunyan...Hey, Violin Maker...
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Figments of Imagination (?)
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...Tell Pied Piper to lead away
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For Your
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Violin...For Your Vi ol in
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