Key: B major•
Verse 1
In a land no map can find
Em
B
There lived in long forgotten days
E
Em
B
A boy who never cried
E
B
He was his mother's only child
Em
B
F#m
B
Until the news spread far and wide
A
B
F#m
Of a boy who never cried
B
F#m
Verse 2
B
Em
B
From fabled lands the pil
F#m
B
grim s came
F#m
B
To behold the silent child
Em
B
F#m
B
In ancient tones they sang his name
F#m
B
Over every lonely mile
B
E
B
in reverence
D#m
B
There were those who stood outside
E
Em
B
F#m
B
And whispered low in quatrains dim
B
F#m
B
Verse 3
E
B
F#m
Days grew long and short until
B
F#m
B
The seasons turned to years
Em
B
F#m
B
The child grew strong and fairer still
F#m
B
With a face unstained by tears
E
B
And every maid and lady fair
Em
B
For their mothers bid them
F#m
B
all beware
Interlude 1
B
E
B
D#m
B
E
Em
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
Verse 4
B
E
B
He lived alone for all his years
D#m
E
And then on the day he died
Em
B
F#m
He shed a single precious tear
B
F#m
for a boy who never cried
B
F#m
B
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ChordsB Em E F#m A...
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