Key: C major
Intro 1
C
Am
F
C
Verse 1
F
C
and the icy wind did blow
F
C
and the drizzle turned to snow
F
C
His eyes were red his hopes were dead
F
E
and the wine was running low
G
C
home from the forest
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he
F
C
stumbled to the street
F
C
no one stopped to speak
F
C
For his castle was a hallway and
F
E
the bottle was his friend
F
G
And the old man stumbled in from
C
F
G
C
the forest
[ ac.guitar ]
Up a dark and dingy staircase
F
C
the old man made his way
F
C
as upon his cot he lay
F
C
And he wondered how it happened
F
E
that he'd ended up this way
F
G
C
Getting lost like a fool in the forest
And as he lay there sleeping
C
Am
Upon his mantle shining
F
C
the face of one so dear
F
C
Who'd loved him in the springtime
F
E
of a long forgotten year
F
G
When the wildflowers did bloom in
C
F
G
C
the forest
[ harmonica ]
She touched his grizzled fingers as
F
C
she called him by his name
F
C
of children at their games
F
C
In an old house on a hillside
F
E
in some forgotten town
F
G
C
Where the river runs down from the forest
With a mighty roar the big jet soars
F
C
above the canyon streets
F
C
on for the city never sleeps
F
C
But to an old forgotten soldier
F
E
the dawn will come no more
For the old man has come
Outro 1
C
Am
F
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ChordsC Am F E G
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