The Riddle

[Tab - Intro]

              F#m    E/G#   A       
E|-----------|-------------|-----
B|-----------|-----0-------|-----
G|----------1| 2--2---2-1--|-----
D|--------4--|----------4-2| 2--4
A|-----------|-------------|-----
E|-----------|-------------|-----
  B     F#m    E/G#
E|--------|-------------| 
B|--------|-----0-------| 
G|1-1----1|2--2---2-1---| 
D|------4-|----------4-2| 
A|--------|-------------| 
E|--------|-------------| 


  D      A      F#m    E/G#   A      
E|-------------|-------------|----
B|-------------|-----0-------|----
G|------------1| 2--2---2-1--|----
D|4--4-2-2--4--|----------4-2| 2--
A|-------------|-------------|----
E|-------------|-------------|----
  B      F#m    E/G#  
E|---------|-------------| 
B|---------|-----0-------| 
G|-1-1----1|2--2---2-1---| 
D|4------4-|----------4-2| 
A|---------|-------------| 
E|---------|-------------| 


  D      A      Bm7 A/C# D E   F#m   
E|------------0|--------------|---
B|----------2--| 3-2-0--------|---
G|-------------|------2------1|---
D|4--4-2-2-----|--------4--2--|-4-
A|-------------|--------------|---
E|-------------|--------------|---

[First Part]

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

[Chorus]

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   
But he'll never, never fight over
 F#m   E/G#
 you

[Second Part]

        A       B
I got plans for us
C#m            D           Bm
Nights in the sculery and days
    G            F#m     E/G#   
Instead of me, I only know what 
A         B
to discuss
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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

[Third Part]

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

[Chorus]

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   
But he'll never, never fight over 
 G
you

[Bridge]

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

Cm   Bb/D  Eb
Wise men's child

[Tab - Solo]
E|--3-5-| 6--6-8-6-5-3-1|1--3-5-5-
B|------|---------------|---------
G|------|---------------|---------
D|------|---------------|---------
A|------|---------------|---------
E|------|---------------|---------

E|-3-5-|6--6-8-6-5-3-1| 
B|-----|--------------| 
G|-----|--------------| 
D|-----|--------------| 
A|-----|--------------| 
E|-----|--------------| 

E|3--3-1-1--10-13-| 11-10-8-6-3--|
B|----------------|-------------| 
G|----------------|-------------| 
D|----------------|-------------| 
A|----------------|-------------| 
E|----------------|-------------| 

[Chorus]

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   
But he'll never, never fight over
 Cm7  Bb/D Eb
 you
F        Cm7   Bb/D  Eb    F    Gm
No he'll never never fight over you