The traveller (intro) (sample)

Am ~ ~

Am                                                            Em

1. In from the coast, riding like the wind and racing the moon,

Am                                                                       Em

shadows on the road, dancing and weaving like a crazy fool.

Am                                                             Em

A horseman is coming, death in his heart for a rendezvous,

G                                  Am

and where the traveller goes, nobody knows,

   G                                 Am

where the traveller goes, nobody knows.

Am                                                            Em

2. A candle in the night, fear on every face when he goes inside,

(Maybe he's on the run)

Am                                                          Em

get back from the bar, a stranger in town is a dangerous sight.

(maybe he's got a gun)

Am                                                   Em

“Bring a bottle of whiskey, landlord, I want to talk for a while !”

G                                  Am

And where the traveller goes, a cold wind blows,

G                                   Am

where the traveller goes, a cold wind blows.

Am                                 G

There is something in his eyes, something in his hands,

F                          Am

you can almost smell his revenge.

             Am G

And whoever he is after, it will be a disaster,

  F                          E                             Am ~ ~

this man is gonna take him to the very end.

Am                                                           

3. Well, the landlord, he trembled,

Em

staring at a face he'd seen somewhere before.

(you laid him in the ground)

Am Em

suddenly remembered a killing, yes, a murder many years before.

(t'was you that shot him down)

Am                                                            Em

He said to a boy, “Saddle me the black, I'll meet you down below.

G                                  Am

With this man I must talk, with this traveller I’ll go,

G                                   Am

with this man I must talk, yes, with him I must go.

Am                                 G

There is something in his eyes, something in his hands,

F                          Am

I can almost smell his revenge,

             Am    G

and it’s me that he is after, it will be disaster,

F                   E                              F ~ ~

this man is gonna take me to the very end.

F        G       Am - F - Am - F

And they were never seen again.

+ Am - F - Am - F (5x) …

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Chris de Burgh)