Don Quixote
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1. Through the woodland, through the valley,
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comes a horseman, wild and free,
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A
tilting at the windmills passing,
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who can the brave young
horseman be ?
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He is wild but he is mellow,
he is strong but he is weak,
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E A
he is cruel but he is gentle,
he is wise but he is meek.
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Reaching for his saddlebag, he
takes a battered book into his hand,
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standing like a prophet bold, he shouts
across the ocean to the shore,
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till he can
shout no more.
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2. I have come o'er moor and mountain, like the hawk upon the wing,
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I was once a shining knight,
who was the guardian of a king.
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I have searched the whole
world over, looking for a place to sleep,
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I have seen the strong survive
and I have seen the lean grown weak.
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3. See the children of the earth, who wake to find the table bare,
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E A
see the gentry in the country,
riding off to take the air.
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A
Reaching for his saddlebag, he
takes a rusty sword into his hand,
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then striking up a knightly
pose, he shouts across the ocean
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to the shore, till he can
shout no more.
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4. See the jailor with his key, who locks away
all trace of sin,
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see the judge upon the bench,
who tries the case as best he can.
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See the wise and wicked ones,
who feed upon life's sacred fire,
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see the soldier with his gun,
who must be dead to be admired.
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4. See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells,
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see the man who puts the
collar, on the ones who dare not tell.
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E A
See the drunkard in the
tavern, stemming gold to make ends meet,
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A E
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see the youth in ghetto black,
condemned to life upon the street.
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D A
Reaching for his saddlebag, he
takes a tarnished cross into his hand,
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D
then standing like a preacher
now, he shouts across the ocean
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to the shore.
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Then in a blaze of tangled
hooves, he gallops off across the dusty plain,
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in vain to
search again, where no one will hear.
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5. Through the woodland, through the valley,
E A
comes a horseman, wild and
free,
D A
tilting at the windmills
passing,
E A
who can the brave young
horseman be ?
D A E A
He is wild but he is mellow,
he is strong but he is weak,
D A E A
he is cruel but he is gentle,
he is wise but he is meek.
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(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 3rd) (Gordon Lightfoot)