The Boy

Gm Dm Fm Cm Ebm Bb A D

[Verse 1]
    Gm                       Dm
The boy sits in a field tall grass 
above his head,
         Fm                        
and he's thinking of the path that 
    Cm
his ancestors did tread
            Ebm                    
and as he's dreaming of the future 
  Bb
a mist does descend,
       A                     
and he wonders if this is the 
              D
beginning or is this the end

        Gm                 Dm
And out of the mist a tall creature 
does appear,
    Fm                          Cm
his eyes wide and friendly, his face
 full of years,
               Ebm                 
he says "we're going on a journey 
     Bb
in my hot air balloon,
        A                 D
and the time is now so we must get 
going soon".


[Verse 2]
     Gm                           
They flew over the houses and the 
Dm
streets they use to know,
     Fm                    Cm
over trains going fast and people 
going slow,
          Ebm                      
there was snow on the mountains and
 Bb
 boats on the sea,
               A                   
and there were lovers in the forest
               D
 carving their names into a tree

    Gm                             
The boys says "where are we going, 
      Dm
where are we going to,
    Fm                           
I'm scared of the future and I'm 
Cm
mildly scared of you,
    Ebm                          
the creature looked down and said 
           Bb
"don't be scared of the unknown",
      A                   D
we're going to a place in which I 
have grown.


[Verse 3]
       Gm                     
With a sudden gush of wind the 
         Dm
balloon fell from the sky,
        Fm                    Cm
and the boy shut his eyes and hoped 
he wouldn't die,
    Ebm                       Bb
the creature was calm, he had done 
this before
      A                            
so he landed the hot air balloon 
     D
and he opened the door


[Verse 4]
    Gm                    Dm
The boy walked out and he couldn't 
believe his eyes,
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            Fm             Cm
there was a flock of sheep floating 
through the skies
    Ebm                       Bb
followed by a shepherd, going along 
for the ride
    A                           D
the boy wondered what was going on.


[Verse 5]
      Gm                           
So he walked through this land with
     Dm
 the creature by his side,
       Fm                  Cm
to his left was a painter, painting 
the tides,
           Ebm             Bb
and to his right a pack of wolves 
did cry
       A                    D
to the rise and fall of the moon.

         Gm                        
And they entered the forest and the
 Dm
 trees they hung low,
Fm                      Cm
everything was dark and nothing 
there did grow
Ebm                 Bb
apart from a single yellow rose
         A              D
that the boy put in his hair

    Gm                     Dm
And out of the forest, the snow it 
did fall,
    Fm                    Cm
the creature held the boy away from 
the storm
   Ebm                         Bb
as out of the snow appeared an empty
 platform,
         A                     
and they waited patiently for a 
 D
train.


[Verse 6]
     Gm                    Dm
From far in the distance a train did
 arrive
       Fm                  
with a thousand polar bears 
 Cm
passengers inside,
    Ebm                          
the creature said to the boy "are 
     Bb
you ready for the ride"
        A                       D
and the boy said "yes I think I am"

        Gm                         
So they sped through the hills and 
     Dm
over mountains they did go,
         Fm             Cm
over old wooden bridges withered 
from the cold
        Ebm                   Bb
and the boy stared out of the window
     A                     D
and smiled at all he could see

     Gm                           
They travelled through the desert to
Dm
 the setting sun,
     Fm                    Cm
over streams and rivers to where it 
all begun,
                Ebm              
and through the wind and the rain 
           Bb
until the days were done,
     A                D
they rode through the land

[Verse 7]
Gm                   Dm
All of a sudden, the train it did 
stop,
    Fm                             
the creature said to the boy "this 
   Cm
is where we both get off",
                  Ebm              
and all the polar bears climbed to 
    Bb
the top of the train
   A              D
to wave their goodbyes

    Gm                           
Now alone, they walked through a 
Bb
featureless land,
   Fm                 Cm
no blade of grass, no grain of sand
    Ebm              Bb
and on the horizon a great sea did 
stand
        A                      
and the creature said " this is 
              D
where I must go"

    Gm                  Dm
And at the waters edge, nothing more
 was said,
    Fm                             
the boy looked at the creature, not
   Cm
 a single tear was shed,
        Ebm                        
and the creature laid his hand upon
     Bb
 the boys head,
    A                      D
and gave him a wink of his eye

    Gm                        
The creature turned around and 
        Dm
walked slowly to the sea,
   Fm                     Cm
to go to a place where forever he 
would be,
         Ebm               Bb
and with one great leap he leapt 
into sea
           A                      
and in the blink of an eye he was 
D
gone.

    Gm               Dm
The boy stood still, alone now on 
the shore,
   Fm                          
he stared into the distance and 
 Cm
hoped there would be more,
        Ebm            Bb
and the yellow rose it fell to the 
floor
    A                   D
and drifted away on the wind.