Gordon Bok – Faraway Tom (Guitar)

                  G             Em
When the calendar brings in the cuckoo

        Am                     B7
And the summer comes following on

    Em            Am          Em       Am
The thin mists of day see him running away

         C           D       Em     B7  Em
And they know him as Faraway Tom

                 G           Em      Am
The earth is his bed and his pillow

                                      B7
And his sheets are the clothes he has on

          Em       Am              Em          Am
He sleeps all afternoon, then he's hunting the moon

        C         D       Em     B7  Em
Till it rises for Faraway Tom

                G           Em
He sees the fox leaving his hollow

       Am                         B7
And he knows where the badger has gone

   Em          Am          Em         Am
He watches the fawn in the sheltering thorn

         C             D       Em     B7  Em
But they don't see old Faraway Tom

                    G           Em
He knows nothing of letters and learning

       Am                      B7
And of manners and such he has none

       Em          Am         Em          Am
But he numbers the seasons on fingers and toes

        C         D       Em     B7  Em
As they pass over Faraway Tom

                G          Em
But what of the winters to follow

     Am                           B7
Will age and cold winds bring him down?

    Em           Am           Em             Am
For where can he lie when the snow fills the sky

        C             D       Em     B7  Em
And the years tell on Faraway Tom?

                  G             Em
When the calendar brings in the cuckoo

        Am                     B7
And the summer comes following on

    Em            Am          Em       Am
The thin mists of day see him running away

         C           D       Em     B7  Em
And they know him as Faraway Tom