Artisto: | Gordon Lightfoot (English) |
Uzanto: | Claude St Louis |
Daŭro: | 130 sekundoj |
Komenca paŭzo: | 12 sekundoj |
Tononoma sistemo: | Ne definita |
Sakra: | |
Komentoj pri tabulaturo: | - |
INTRO:] G C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
Oh, the neon lights were flashing and the icy wind did blow
C/B Am F C
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
F C Am E7
His eyes were red, his hopes were dead and the wine was running low
F G
And the old man came home
C
From the forest
[VERSE 2:]
F C
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street
C/B Am F C
A dozen faces stopped to stare, but no one stopped to speak
F C Am E7
For his castle was a hallway and the bottle was his friend
F G
And the old man stumbled in
C
From the forest
[VERSE 3:]
F C
Up a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way
C/B Am F C
His ragged coat around him, as upon his cot he lay
F C Am E7
And he wondered how it happened that he ended up this way
F G
Getting lost like a fool
C
In the forest
[VERSE 4:]
F C
And as he lay there sleeping a vision did appear
C/B Am F C
Upon his mantle shining, a face of one so dear
F C Am E7
Who had loved him in the springtime of a long forgotten year
F G
When the wildflowers did bloom
C
In the forest
[VERSE 5:]
F C
She touched his grizzled fingers and she called him by his name
C/B Am F C
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
F C Am E7
In an old house on a hillside, in some forgotten town
F G
Where the river runs down
C G F C
From the forest
[VERSE 6:]
F C
With a mighty roar the big jet soars above the canyon streets
C/B Am F C
And the con men con, but life goes on, for the city never sleeps
F C Am E7
And to an old forgotten soldier, the dawn will come no more
N.C. F G
For the old man has come home
C G C
From the forest