Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
F
G
C
Verse 1
lights were flashin'
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C
G
C
G
Am
And the icy winds did blow
C
Am
G
Water seeped into his shoes
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C
Am
And the drizzle turned to snow
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G
His eyes were red, his hopes were dead
Am
E
Wine was runnin' low
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G
And the old man came home
From the forest
C
Verse 2
His tears fell on the sidewalk
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C
As he stumbled in the streets
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F
But no one stopped to speak
C
F
C
For his castle was a hallway
Am
E
And the bottle was his friend
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G
And the old man stumbled in
From the forest
C
Verse 3
Up a dark and dingy staircase
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C
The old man made his way
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F
C
As upon his cot, he lay
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C
And he wondered how it happened
Am
E
That it ended up this way
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G
Getting lost like a fool
In the forest
C
Verse 4
Am
C
And as he lay there sleeping
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C
A vision did appear
Am
G
Upon his mantle, shining
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C
A face of one, so dear
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C
Who loved him in the springtime
E
year
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G
When the wildflowers did bloom
In the forest
C
Verse 5
Ocean touched his grizzled fingers
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C
G
C
She called him by his name
Am
G
Then he heard the joy ful sound
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C
Of children at their games
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C
In an old house on a hillside
Am
E
In some forgotten town
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G
Where the river runs down
Interlude 1
From the forest
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F
C
Am
G
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C
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C
Am
E
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G
C
Verse 6
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C
Above the canyon streets
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F
C
For the city never sleeps
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C
But for an old forgotten soldier
Am
E
The dawn will come no more
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G
For the old man has come home
From the forest
C
Verse 7
F
G
G
Yes, the old man has come home
Outro 1
From the forest
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F
G
C
F
C
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