There Was A Man
Pearls Before SwineVersion1
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There was a man came to our town
He wore a suit of red
He memorized with secret eyes
That he hid away in his head
He had a scar upon his head
Where there used to be a crown
But he sold his robes at the five and ten
And lived on the edge of town
That fall he showed us a magic leaf
That he could change to snow
He bought it partly with his grief
And partly with his soul
He scattered seeds in the alley way
He never seemed to rest
And when you went to ask him why
All he ever said was yes
He made a swan from waving grass
Beside a crystal shore
And a sunrise spun from broken glass
And many things wondrous more
But then his hands began to burn
When he heard the news from the war
When we cannot find each other he said
Then we can't run away any more
Next day with tears along his face
He passed us on the hill
No one thought to ask him to stay
And he knows that we never will
There was a man came to our town
He wore a suit of red
He memorized with secret eyes
That he hid away in our head
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Readable chord sheet for There Was A Man by Pearls Before Swine
There [G]was a [Am]man came [G]to our [C]town [C]He wore a [D]suit of [Em]red [G] He memor[Am]ized with [G]secret [C]eyes That he [G]hid a[D]way in his [Em]head [D] He [C]had a s[D]car up[G]on his h[Em]ead Where there u[C]sed to [G]be a c[D]rown But he s[G]old his r[Am]obes at the [G]five and t[C]en And l[G]ived on the [D]edge of [Em]town [D] That [G]fall he s[Am]howed us a [G]magic l[C]eaf [C]That he could c[D]hange to [Em]snow [G] He bought it [Am]partly [G]with his [C]grief And p[G]artly [D]with his [Em]soul [D] He s[C]cattered s[D]eeds in the a[G]lley [Em]way He n[C]ever s[G]eemed to r[D]est And [G]when you [Am]went to [G]ask him w[C]hy All he e[G]ver s[D]aid was [Em]yes [D] He [G]made a s[Am]wan from w[G]aving g[C]rass [C]Beside a c[D]rystal s[Em]hore [G] And a sun[Am]rise spun from [G]broken g[C]lass And [G]many things [D]wondrous [Em]more [D] But t[C]hen his h[D]ands beg[G]an to [Em]burn When he h[C]eard the n[G]ews from the [D]war When we c[G]annot f[Am]ind each o[G]ther he [C]said Then we c[Am]an't run aw[D]ay any m[Em]ore [D] Next d[G]ay with t[Am]ears al[G]ong his f[C]ace H[C]e passed us [D]on the [Em]hill [G] No one th[Am]ought to [G]ask him to s[C]tay And he [G]knows that [D]we never [Em]will [D] There [G]was a [Am]man came [G]to our [C]town [C]He wore a [D]suit of [Em]red [G]He memor[Am]ized with [G]secret [C]eyes That he [G]hid a[D]way in our [Em]head [D] [Em]