The Wandering Minstrel chords by Michael Martin Murphey
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Verse 1
A (G major) young minstrel
knocked (C major) at the (A major) gates of the (G major) city
(D major) He (F sharp major) wore black tattered rag (B minor) s,
yet (G major) he (A major) asked for no (G major) pity
(D major) But (B major) sang some simple (E minor) rhymes,
and made (C sharp major) up something (F sharp minor) (C sharp major) funny
(F sharp minor) While (G major) the king was in his
counting (D major) house,
counting (G major) (Asus4) out (A major) his money (D major)
A (G major) wandering min (C major) strel,
a (A major) promise of (G major) laughter (D major)
Bring (F sharp major) ing back the hope
(B minor) of living (G major) hap (A major) pily ever af (G major) ter
(D major) Like (G major) a (B major) picture in (E minor) (B major) a (E minor) book
we long (C sharp major) ago (F sharp minor) mis (C sharp major) placed (F sharp minor)
In a (G major) country and a (D major) kingdom
patched with lib (Asus4) (A major) rary pas (D major) te
Soon (E minor) we were (B minor) deep
in our dreams, asleep,
But He stood (F sharp minor) by the walls (C sharp major)
with His (F sharp major) Son,
Singing, (E minor) if you die (G major) before (B minor) you wake,
Then pray the (F sharpsus4) Lord
your (F sharp major) souls (B minor) to take,
For (F sharp minor) your eyes will (C sharp major) be full (F sharp major) of light
And (D major) he told us stories (E major) and
le (G major) gends and reasons (A major)
And (C sharpdim) rhymes (Edim) of the old (F sharp major) times
and (E minor) spirit (B minor) s of (F sharp major) (B minor) seasons
He (D major) worked his way (E major) till
we (G major) had no suspicion
(A major) As (C sharpdim) he played (F sharp major) the minstrel,
the (E minor) fool (F sharp major) and magician
(B minor) And be (D major) fore long the tap (E minor)
-g (G major) ate was (D major) full of wine (G major)
(A flatdim) And the (G major) wander (A major) ing (G major) min (D major) strel
was singing (G major) (A major) in side (D major)
This joker who was fashioned (E minor)
with features (D major) so (G major) fine
(A flatdim) What (G major) was the (D major) mystery of (A major) his design? (D major) (G major) (C major) (A major) (Asus4) (D major)
(F sharp major)
(B minor) (A major) (D major) (B major) (E minor) (C sharpdim) (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
(G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (E minor) (B minor)
So (F sharp minor) (C sharp major) (F sharp major) (B minor) (D major) (E major) (G major) (A major)
(C sharpdim) (Edim) (F sharp major) (Edim) (F sharp major) (C sharpdim) (E minor)
(B minor) (D major) (A major) (Asus4) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A flatdim) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (Asus4) (D major) He slept (G major) in the street (C major) s
and he (A major) filled them with singing (D major)
And (F sharp major) when he left the city
(B minor) his pockets (A major) were jingling (G major)
(D major) And (B major) many seasons passed (E minor)
before (C sharp major) the fool (F sharp minor) re (C sharp major) turned
(F sharp minor) With (F sharp major) his (G major) beard long (B minor) (G major) and gray (D major)
and his (A major) wrinkled skin burned (D major)
The (G major) wandering minstrel, (C major)
the (A major) man of many faces (G major) (D major)
Spoke (F sharp major) of other lives (B minor) in
the (A major) strangest of (G major) places
(D major) Of sleeping (B minor) (B major) in (A major) (C sharpdim) a jail
(E minor) and living (C sharp major) out his time (F sharp minor)
And serving (G major) out the sins (D major)
of his (A major) never -ending crime (D major)
Then (E minor) as the snow (B minor) drifted
deep in the streets
His hair (F sharp minor) and his (C sharp major) beard turned white (F sharp major)
In the (E minor) winter he (G major) died, (B minor)
and the townspeople cried
For they (F sharp minor) were all (C sharp major) children inside (F sharp major)
Now (D major) his flute could not sing, (E major) (E minor)
(G major) and nude were his jeans (A major)
And the (C sharpdim) win (Edim) ter set (F sharp major) into
their hearts (E minor) (B minor) and their minds
How (D major) could they know (E major)
that his (G major) spirit passed on (A major)
That his life (C sharpdim) was lived (F sharp major) again
many thou (E minor) sands of (F sharp major) times (B minor)
In the (D major) souls of the wonder (E minor) (G major) s, (E minor)
(G major) breaking (D major) the (G major) rules
(A flatdim) The (G major) hobos, (A major) the cow (D major) boys,
the magicians (A major) and fools (D major)
And for each of us with feel (E minor) ings
which can't (D major) be held (G major) in (A flatdim)
The Wander (G major) (A major) ing Minstrel is living (G major) (A major) in
(D major)
The Wandering Minstrel
Michael Martin Murphey
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