##I was asked by someone to play this. I had forgotten it all, but luckily#found it on an old tape. I worked it out over a weekend, and here it is.#Sandy Denny, bless her, sings it far better than me.##CRAZY MAN MICHAEL#Am C G EmWithin the fire and out upon the seaAm G AmCrazy Man Michael was walkingAm C G EmHe met with a raven with eyes black as coalsAm G AmAnd shortly they fell a talkingEm AmYour future, your future I will tell to youEm GYour future you often have asked meAm G Am EmYour true love will die by your own right handAm G AmAnd Crazy Man Michael will cursed beMichael he ranted and Michael he ravedAnd beat the 4 winds with his fists-oHe laughed and he cried he shouted and he sworeFor his mad mind had trapped him with a curse-oYou speak with and evil, you speak with a hateYou speak for the devil that haunts meFor is she not the fairest in all the broad landYour sorcerer's words are to tempt me.He took out his dagger of fire and of steelAnd struck down the raven through the heart-oThe bird fluttered long and the sky it did spinAnd the cold earth did wonder and stare-oOh where is the raven that I struck down deadThat here did lie on the ground-oI see my true love with a wound so redAnd her lover's heart it did pound-oCrazy Man Michael he wanders of courseAnd talks to the night and the day-oAnd his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clearAnd he longs to be far away-oMichael he whistles the simplest of tunesAnd asks the wild rose their pardonFor his true love is flown into every flower grownAnd he must be keeper of the garden
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