The Riddle (intro)

	  		 
 
 

Verse 1:
E/G#        A          B    
     I got two strong arms 
C#m          D 
Blessings of babylon with 
Bm       G           F#m 
Time to carry on and try 
    E/G#      A       B 
For sins and false alarms 
C#m     D         D#m   A#m 
So to America the brave 
Bm   A/C# D   
Wise men save 


E      F#m       E/G# 
Near a tree by a river 
          A            B 
There's a hole in the ground 
          F#m        E/G# 
Where and old man of Aran 
       D          A 
Goes around and around 
        F#m       E/G#    
And his mind is a beacon 
        A           B 
In the veil of the night 
        F#m           E/G# 
For a strange kind of fashion 
           D            A 
There's a wrong and a right 
          Bm7    A/C#   D    E    F#m   E/G# 
But he'll never, never fight over you 


Verse 2:
        A       B  
I got plans for us 
C#m            D           Bm 
Nights in the sculery and days 
    G            F#m     E/G#   A         B      
Instead of me, I only know what to discuss 
C#m      D           D#m    A#m 
Oh, for anything but light 
Bm7  A/C#   D     E    F#m  E/G# 
Wise men fighting over you 

Verse 3:
         A       B 
It's not me you see 
C#m        D             Bm   
Pieces of valentine with just 
   G              F#m       E/G#    A    B 
A song of mine to keep from burning history 
C#m         D           D#m  A#m  
Seasons of gasoline and gold 
Bm   A/C# D 
Wise men fold 



E      F#m       E/G# 
Near a tree by a river 
          A            B 
There's a hole in the ground 
          F#m        E/G# 
Where and old man of Aran 
       D          A 
Goes around and around 
        F#m       E/G#    
And his mind is a beacon 
        A           B 
In the veil of the night 
        F#m           E/G# 
For a strange kind of fashion 
           D            A 
There's a wrong and a right 
          Bm7    A/C#   D    E    G   
But he'll never, never fight over you 

 
Bridge:
C        F      Bb  
  I got time to kill 
A              D/F#          G     F 
  Sly looks in corridors without a plan of yours 
  E4        E        Am  G    C 
A blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill 
D             D/C            Bb    Eb 
Thanks to the calling of the wild 
Cm   Bb/D  Eb      
Wise men's child 

 

 
 

F      Gm        F/A 
Near a tree by a river 
          Bb            C 
There's a hole in the ground 
          Gm         F/A 
Where and old man of Aran 
       Eb         Bb 
Goes around and around 
        Gm        F/A    
And his mind is a beacon 
       Bb          C 
In the veil of the night 
       Gm             F/A 
For a strange kind of fashion 
           Eb          Bb 
There's a wrong and a right 
          Cm7    Bb/D  Eb    
But he'll never, never fight 
F      Gm        F/A 
Near a tree by a river 
          Bb            C 
There's a hole in the ground 
          Gm         F/A 
Where and old man of Aran 
       Eb         Bb 
Goes around and around 
        Gm        F/A    
And his mind is a beacon 
       Bb          C 
In the veil of the night 
       Gm             F/A 
For a strange kind of fashion 
           Eb          Bb 
There's a wrong and a right 
          Cm7    Bb/D  Eb    F    Cm7  Bb/D Eb  
But he'll never, never fight over you 
F        Cm7   Bb/D  Eb    F    Gm 
No he'll never never fight over you