Am E Am Am
He lived alone in town
G D E E7
His friends were many and true
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
He drank and took the easy love
Am E Am Am/E
Of street girls that he knew
Am E Am Am
And he met a girl one day
G D E E7
Said "come home with me tonight"
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
"Oh no!" she cried "I never will."
Am E Am Am/E
And she left him there alone
Am E Dm Am
And the days went by, and days
G D E E7
Went by and they did long
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
For each other every hour
Am E Dm Dm
But still she'd not be bound
Am E Dm Am
"In the places of young men
F D/F# G E/G#
I never will be found
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
But think you not that I don't love
Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am
For my heart is ripe and full"
Am Em Am Am
"How cold you are!" he said
G D E E7
"I guess you must not care
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
For me. But tell me, Where it is you'd go
Am E Dm Dm
For I'd take you anywhere"
Am E Dm Am
"Then come to a forest green
G D E E7
Where I may love you free
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
Beyond the confines of your walls
Am E Dm Dm
And beyond the sweetest words"
Am E Dm Am
"And beyond the mountains high
G D E E7
Beyond the fields of shame
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
And beyond the prettiest wedding ring
Am E Dm Dm
For I'd never take your name"
Am E Dm Am
"And wander with me now
F D/F# G E/G#
Or wander all forlorn
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
But know I love you, tearful one
Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am
Much more than I can show"
Am E Dm Am
He could not understand
G D E E7
He thought she could not care
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
"Oh, take me far away," she'd cried
Am E Am Am
And he could not hear her prayer
Am E Dm Am
And he wandered off alone
G D E E7
To never know her dream
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
And she still dwells within the forest
Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am
Longing for his love
Am E Dm Am
"So, wander with me now
F D/F# G E/G#
Or wander off alone
Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F
But know I love you, tearful one
Am E Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F Am E Am Am
Much more than I can show"
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