Nik Kershaw

The Riddle


Note: In the 2nd chorus all chords are tuned one step up.
I don't know if my version is entirely correct, but it sounds
right to me..


Intro Chords:
F#m / E / A / B / F#m / E / D / A
F#m / E / A / B / F#m / E / D / A / Bm / A / D / E / F#m / E

Verse 1:
I've got two strong arms, blessings of Babylon
with time to carry on and try for sins and false alarms
So to America the brave
wise men save

Chorus:
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
where an old man of ?arran? 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 I'll never ever fight over you

Verse 2:
I've got plans for us, nights in the scullery
and days instead of me, I only know what to discuss,
oh, for anything but light
wise men fighting over you
It's not me you see,
seasons of gasoline and gold
wise men fold

Chorus:
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
where an old man of aron 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 I'll never ever fight over you

Bridge:
I've got time to kill, sly looks in corridors without a
plan of yours,
a blackbird sings on Bluebirdhill
thanks for the calling of the wild
wise men's child



Chorus:
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
where an old man of ?arran? 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 ever fight...
Near a tree by a river is a hole in the ground,
where an old man of ?arran? 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 ever fight over you
No he'll never ever fight over you.







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