The Riddle

Nik Kershaw

• EmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGEmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGAmi7G/HCD
  P:
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• EmiD/F♯GAHmiCAmiFEmiD/F♯GACG♯miAmi7G/HCC♯mi7Hmi
  S1:
  I've got two strong arms 

  Blessings of babylon 

  Time to carry on and try 

  For sins and false alarms 

  So to America the brave  

  Wise men save
• DEmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGEmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGAmi7G/HCDEmi
  R1:
  Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground 

  Where an old man of Aran goes around and around 

  And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night 

  For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right 

  But he'll never, never fight over you
• D/F♯GACHmiAmiFEmiD/F♯GAHmiCC♯mi7G♯miAmi7G/HCDEmi
  S2:
  I got plans for us 

  Nights in the scullery 

  And days instead of me 

  I only know what to discuss 

  Of for anything but light  

  Wise men fighting over you
• D/F♯GAHmiCAmiFEmiD/F♯GAHmiCC♯mi7G♯miAmi7G/HC
  S3:
  It's not me you see 

  Pieces of valentine 

  And just a song of mine 

  To keep from burning history 

  Seasons of gasoline and gold  

  Wise men fold
• DEmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGEmiD/F♯GAEmiD/F♯CGAmi7G/HCDF
  R1:
  Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground 

  Where an old man of Aran goes around and around 

  And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night 

  For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right 

  But he'll never, never fight over you
• B♭E♭A♭Gmi7CFF7Dsus4DGmiF/AB♭CC7/B♭A♭D♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭E♭
  B:
  I got time to kill 

  Sly looks in corridors 

  Without a plan of yours 

  A blackbird sings on blue-bird hill 

  Thanks to the calling of the wild  

  Wise mens child
• FmiE♭/GA♭B♭FmiE♭/GD♭A♭FmiE♭A♭B♭E♭/GD♭FmiA♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭
  M:
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• E♭FmiE♭/GA♭B♭FmiE♭/GD♭A♭FmiE♭/GA♭B♭FmiE♭/GD♭A♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭
  R2:
  Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground 

  Where an old man of Aran goes around and around 

  And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night 

  For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right 

  But he'll never, never fight
• E♭FmiE♭/GA♭B♭FmiE♭/GD♭A♭FmiE♭/GA♭B♭FmiE♭/GD♭A♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭E♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭E♭B♭mi7A♭/CD♭E♭Fmi
  R3:
  Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground 

  Where an old man of Aran goes around and around 

  And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night 

  For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right 

  But he'll never, never fight over you x x 

  No, he'll never, never fight over you