He Lived Alone In Town

Am E Am Am He lived alone in town G D E E7 His friends were many and true Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F He drank and took the easy love Am E Am Am/E Of street girls that he knew Am E Am Am And he met a girl one day G D E E7 Said "come home with me tonight" Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F "Oh no!" she cried "I never will." Am E Am Am/E And she left him there alone Am E Dm Am And the days went by, and days G D E E7 Went by and they did long Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F For each other every hour Am E Dm Dm But still she'd not be bound Am E Dm Am "In the places of young men F D/F# G E/G# I never will be found Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F But think you not that I don't love Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am For my heart is ripe and full" Am Em Am Am "How cold you are!" he said G D E E7 "I guess you must not care Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F For me. But tell me, Where it is you'd go Am E Dm Dm For I'd take you anywhere" Am E Dm Am "Then come to a forest green G D E E7 Where I may love you free Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F Beyond the confines of your walls Am E Dm Dm And beyond the sweetest words" Am E Dm Am "And beyond the mountains high G D E E7 Beyond the fields of shame Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F And beyond the prettiest wedding ring Am E Dm Dm For I'd never take your name" Am E Dm Am "And wander with me now F D/F# G E/G# Or wander all forlorn Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F But know I love you, tearful one Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am Much more than I can show" Am E Dm Am He could not understand G D E E7 He thought she could not care Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F "Oh, take me far away," she'd cried Am E Am Am And he could not hear her prayer Am E Dm Am And he wandered off alone G D E E7 To never know her dream Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F And she still dwells within the forest Am E Am Am/E Am/G Am Longing for his love Am E Dm Am "So, wander with me now F D/F# G E/G# Or wander off alone Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F But know I love you, tearful one Am E Am Am/G Dm/F# Dm/F Am E Am Am Much more than I can show"