CAPO: 2nd Fret 


Intro: C  F  C  G Ddim7 Am  F  G  C 

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The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood 
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I'd have followed if I could, he'd have stayed had he wanted 
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Had he the desire or had I the will 
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I would be with him still, but instead he just haunts me 
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I knew when he faded, I'd ne'er see him again 
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His laughter's embrace would no more me surround 
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The chill that went through me, is the chill wind that blows 
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Through the soft midnight stillness of Chilicote town 


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The smell of the blanket he wrapped 'round my shoulders 
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Comes back to me now on a faint wisp of smoke 
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Comes back with a vengeance that makes me remember 
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Those nights 'round the fire, when fond words we spoke 
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That blanket was woven in some shattered village 
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That is gone now forever, may never be found 
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His people are scattered, their fondest hopes dashed 
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He'd have been better off here in Chilicote town 


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I knew from the start just where he stood 
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About his intentions, there was no mistake 
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To stay, meant his dream, so dear to his heart 
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Was the one thing he knew he must somehow forsake 
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He just couldn't see that the old ways were passing 
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A new wave was rising and he would be drowned 
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And like it or not, the history's written 
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Not   in the forest, but in Chilicote town 


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There's sadness in parting from what we hold dear 
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There's a danger in staying for fear we'll be lost 
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One half of us wishes to live out our dreams 
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The other half reckons and counts out the cost 
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Though we may go on to a far greater glory 
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By knowing where destiny is sure to be found 
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I wish him no ill, though I wish him no fame 
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Than such  fame as he'd find here in Chilicote town 


INTERLUDE: F  C  G Ddim7 Am  F  G  C 


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The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood 
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I'd have followed if I could, he'd have stayed had he wanted