The man he was Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][E][G#dim][Am][C]
[F][E]
In a [Am]vil lage in the woods they plant

[Verse 1]
[Am]
[C]a tree for [F]every newborn [E]babe
So they [Am]sowed a seed for a child named
[C]John and they [F]watched it day by [E]day
The [Am]tree it grew in a [C]very strange
way as [F]twisted as [E]a knot
And the [Am]child he grew in the very same [C]way and
[F]never would his parents [E]have thought.

[Verse 2]
The [Am]lad was bright and he learned to
[C]read as [F]well as he could [E]talk
But his [Am]limbs were as twisted as [C]the tree
and [F]never would [E]he walk
[Am]People would come to stop [C]and stare
and [F]you could hear [E]them say
It [Am]doesn't seem to me to be quite fair
[C]and [F]then be on their [E]way.
[Bdim]

[Verse 3]
[Bb]
[Am]Sing a song of joy, [E]lift[F] your hearts in song[C]
[Am]For a newborn boy,[E]
[F]for a life that's lon[Am]g[E]
[F]For a life that's lon[Am]g.[F][Am]

[Verse 4]
Now [Am]he loved the tree even though [C]it was
as [F]twisted as himsel[E]f
For some[Am]where deep inside [C]his soul
[F]he thought of nothing [E]else
And the [Am]boy he grew,
did the best [C]he could but [F]his limbs remained [E]the same
Well, [Am]whoever listens who will under
[C]stand [F]someone who [E]is lame.
Some [Am]came to cry and some

[Verse 5]
[Am]came
[C]to laugh [F]the day he passed [E]away
He's [Am]really not dead, he's just taking [C]a nap,
I [F]heard somebody [E]say
I really [Am]can't explain the tree [C]had died,
[F]it withered without [E]love
But a [Am]stump remains to remind us [C]of
[F]the man that he was.
[E][Bdim][Bb]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Sing a song of death[E],
[F]sing a song [C]of peace
[Am]Sing a song of rest [E]and [F]a
song [Am]of re[E]lief
[F]Till the end of tim[Am]e[E]
[F]Till the end of tim[Am]e[E]
[F]Till the end of tim[Am]e.