The storyman
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1. I lived my life in the words of a storyman,
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watched my dreams from the years gone by.
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Heard my voice in the songs of
a storyman,
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always by my side, always by my side.
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2. I saw him first in a castle by candlelight,
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D Em
turning
round with a golden key,
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I heard a train far away, and
a whistle blow,
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like
a baby’s cry, t’was like a baby’s cry.
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3. Ravens stood on the walls of Jerusalem,
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sailors
danced at the borderline.
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Light a fire on the road to
the ferryman,
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emotions
running high, in the summertime.
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Take me back to the places I’ve never been,
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take me back to another time !
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D Em
Take me back to a world I have never seen,
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only in my mind, only in my mind.
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Em
4. Late last night I met up with a lady love,
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dressed
in red, didn’t say goodbye.
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Carry me to the last time I
showed her what
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tender
hands can do, and I’ll be missing you.
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Take me back to the places I’ve never been,
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take me back to another time.
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Take me back to a world I have never seen,
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only in my mind, only in my mind.
+ Em - C - Em - C - D - Em (2x)
Em
C
+ Follow the light that’s
shining on to where we will be going,
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D Em
up to heaven, paradise or to the heart divine.
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It’s in the echoes of a child, waiting for the journey,
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the
spirit of one world.
+ instrumental = CHORUS +
CHORUS
+ Em - C - Em - C - D - Em
Em C D
C - Em
+ I lived my life in
the words of a storyman.
(Chris de Burgh)