G C Am G

[Verse 1]
      C        F      C
Your father's gone a-hunting
      C           F         C
He's deep in the forest so wild
        G               G7
And he cannot take his wife with him
    F                C
He cannot take his child
      C        F      C
Your father's gone a-hunting
         C        F        C
In the quicksand and the clay
       G            G7
And a woman cannot follow him
    F                   C
Although she knows the way

[Chorus]
      G               Am
Your father's gone a-hunting
             F               G
Through the silver and the glass
      C     C/B      Am    G
Where only greed can enter
      F                    C
But spirit, spirit cannot pass

       G           C
E|-1-0---------------|
B|-----3-1-0---------|
G|-----------2-0-----|
D|---------------3-2-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

[Verse 2]
      C        F      C
Your father's gone a-hunting
         C           F     C
For the beast he'll never bind
         G             G7
And he leaves a baby sleeping
          F              C
And his blessings all behind
      C        F      C
Your father's gone a-hunting
          C        F      C
And he's lost his lucky charm
          G                 G7
And he's lost the guardian heart
                F               C
That keeps the hunter from the harm

[Chorus]

      G               Am
Your father's gone a-hunting
    F                   G
He asked me to say goodbye
        C        C/B     Am      G
And he warned me not to stop him
   F                         C
I wouldn't, I wouldn't even try

       G           C
E|-1-0---------------|
B|-----3-1-0---------|
G|-----------2-0-----|
D|---------------3-2-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|