David Bowie – Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud (Guitar)

Bb6 :   x13333
A#dim7: x12023 or xx2323, I prefer the former.

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Solemn faced the village settles down,

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undetected by the stars

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And the hangman plays the mandolin before he goes to sleep

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  and the last thing on his mind

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is the wild-eyed boy imprisoned

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'neath the covered wooden shaft,

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  folds the rope into it's bag

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Blows his pipe of smolders,

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blankets smoke into the room,

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  and the day will end for some

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  As the night begins for one

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Staring through the message in his eyes

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lie a solitary son

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from the mountain called the freecloud

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where the eagle dare not fly,

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  and the patience in his sigh

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gives no indication

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for the townsmen to decide,

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so the village dreadful yawns

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Pronouncing gross diversion

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as the label for the dog.

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Ooo it's the madness in his eyes

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As he breaks the night to cry, Its really me,

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really you and really me

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It's so hard for us to really be

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Really you, really me,

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You'll lose me though I'm always

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really free

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And the mountain moved it's eyes

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to the world and realized

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Where the snow had saved a place

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for the wild-eyed boy from freecloud

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And the village dreadful cried

       C7
as the rope began to rise

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For the smile stayed on the face

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of the wild-eyed boy from freecloud

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And the women once proud clutched the heart of the crowd

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as the boulders smashed down from the mountains hand

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And the magic in the stare of the wild-eyed boy said

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"Stop Free Cloud, they won't think to cut me down, no, no, no!"

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But the cottages fell like a playing card hell

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and the tears on the face of the wise boy

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came trembling down to the rumbling ground

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and the missionary mystic of peace/love

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Stumbled back to cry among the clouds

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Kicking back the pebbles from the Free Cloud mountain's track