Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 There was a man came to our town

He wore a suit of red

He memorized with secret eyes

 That he hid away in his head

 He had a scar upon his head

 Where there used to be a crown

 But he sold his robes at the five and ten

 And lived on the edge of town

 That fall he showed us a magic leaf

That he could change to snow

He bought it partly with his grief

 And partly with his soul

 He scattered seeds in the alley way

 He never seemed to rest

 And when you went to ask him why

 All he ever said was yes

 He made a swan from waving grass

Beside a crystal shore

And a sunrise spun from broken glass

 And many things wondrous more

 But then his hands began to burn

 When he heard the news from the war

 When we cannot find each other he said

 Then we can't run away any more

 Next day with tears along his face

 He passed us on the hill

No one thought to ask him to stay

 And he knows that we never will

 There was a man came to our town

He wore a suit of red

He memorized with secret eyes

 That he hid away in our head