Crazy Man Michael
Fairport ConventionVersion1
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Within the fire and out upon the sea
Crazy Man Michael was walking
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals
And shortly they were a-talking
"Your future, your future, I would tell to you
Your future, you often have asked me
Your true love will die by your own right hand
And Crazy Man Michael will cursed be"
Michael he ranted and Michael he raved
And beat at the four winds with his fists-oh
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore
For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-oh
"You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land?
Your sorceror's words are to taunt me"
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
And struck down the raven through the heart-oh
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
And the cold earth did wonder and start-oh
"Oh, where is the raven that I struck down dead
That here'd lie here on the ground-oh?
I see but my true love with a wound so red"
Her lover's heart it did pound-oh
Crazy Man Michael, he wanders and walks
And talks to the night and the day-oh
But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear
And he longs to be far away-oh
Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes
And asks the wild woods their pardon
For his true love is flown into every flower grown
And he must be keeper of the garden
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Readable chord sheet for Crazy Man Michael by Fairport Convention
[Bm]Within the f[D]ire and o[A]ut upon the [Fm]sea [Bm]Crazy Man Mi[A]chael was wal[Bm]king [Bm]He met with a ra[D]ven with e[A]yes black as c[Fm]oals [Bm]And shortly t[A]hey were a-ta[Bm]lking [Fm]"Your future, your future, I [Bm]would tell to you [Fm]Your future, you often have a[A]sked me [Bm]Your true love will d[A]ie by your [Bm]own right h[Fm]and [Bm]And Crazy Man Mi[A]chael will cu[Bm]rsed be" [Bm]Michael he r[D]anted and[A] Michael he [Fm]raved [Bm]And beat at the four wi[A]nds with his f[Bm]ists-oh [Bm]He laughed and he cr[D]ied, he sh[A]outed and he s[Fm]wore [Bm]For his mad mind had tra[A]pped him with a k[Bm]iss-oh "You sp[Fm]eak with an evil, you s[Bm]peak with a hate You s[Fm]peak for the devil that ha[A]unts me For [Bm]is she not the fa[A]irest in [Bm]all the broad l[Fm]and? Your sor[Bm]ceror's wo[A]rds are to ta[Bm]unt me" [Bm]He took out his da[D]gger of f[A]ire and of s[Fm]teel And st[Fm]ruck down the raven through the h[A]eart-oh [Bm]The bird fluttered lo[D]ng and the s[A]ky it did s[Fm]pin [Fm]And the cold ea[A]rth did wonder and s[Bm]tart-oh "Oh, w[Fm]here is the raven that I st[Bm]ruck down dead That h[Fm]ere'd lie here on the gr[A]ound-oh? I [Bm]see but my t[A]rue love with a w[Bm]ound so [Fm]red" Her lo[Bm]ver's h[A]eart it did p[Bm]ound-oh [Bm]Crazy Man Mic[D]hael, he w[A]anders and w[Fm]alks And talks to the night and the day-oh [Bm]But his eyes they are s[D]ane and his s[A]peech it is c[Fm]lear And he l[Bm]ongs to be f[A]ar a[Bm]way-oh Mi[Fm]chael he whistles the si[Bm]mplest of tunes And a[Fm]sks the wild woods their pa[A]rdon For his t[Bm]rue love is fl[A]own into e[Bm]very flower g[Fm]rown And [Bm]he must be k[A]eeper of the g[Bm]arden Chords by COTH