Chords for The Wizard of Mackeytown - Bill Sutton

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_ It [E] started in a tavern on the edge of [Am] Mackie Town
The talk [C] had turned to stories of [E] the night
[A] He drank [E] and laughed with all the rest and chilled him [Am] with his tales
Spoken [E] in the shadowed [Am] eerie light
_ When all at once [C] they noticed [E] signs they had [Am] not seen before
No candles [E] burned inside the tavern hall _
[Am] The windows [C] shuttered tightly [E] and no light spread [Am] from the doors
The [E] blacksmith's sunglowed pale to light [Am] them all
_ Sword in hand and rain in [E] hand he rides [Am] across the plain
Knowing as he [E] gallops that he can't go home [Am] again
Born and raised [C] in Mackie Town, [E] the blacksmith's [Am] only son
His neighbors hound and hunt him [E] for a deed he [Am] has not done
_ _ _ _ _ _ Frightened by his wizard's [E] blight his old [Am] friends stay away
He finds himself abandoned [E] and alone _ _
[Am] His lifetime friendship shattered [Em] by a power [Am] undesired
His life destroyed by things he has not _ known
Then one day the baron dies [E] of no mere [Am] earthly cause
And all assign the [E] blacksmith's son the blame
[Am] In the night they come [C] to take him [E] to his death upon [Am] the stake
He escapes into [E] the dark that [Am] shrouds the plain _
Sword in hand and rain in [E] hand he rides [Am] across the plain
Knowing as he [E] gallops that he can't go home [Am] again
Born and raised [C] in Mackie Town, [E] the blacksmith's [Am] only son
His neighbors hound and hunt him [E] for a deed he [Am] has not done _ _ _
_ _ He rides the plain a year or [E] more searching [Am] for a sign
Of a sorcerer who murders [E] village _ _ [Am] lords
And if he should [Em] find him [E] he resolves [Am] to settle all
Regain his [E] name with power [Am] and a sword _
So comes the day he finds [E] a tower black against [Am] the sun
The power grips his body [E] like a claw
_ [Am] It pulls him [C] toward the tower [E] where his shame may be [Am] avenged
And the [E] devil is invaded by [Am] the paw
He _ finds the sorcerer asleep [E] secure within [Am] his spells
His rage fuels power [C] to strike the [E] wards away
_ _ [Am] He slashes [C] down with sharpened [E] blade and takes the [Am] wizard's head
If he uses [E] unknown power [Am] to drain away _
_ Sword in hand and rain in [E] hand he rides across [Am] the plain
Knowing as he gallops [E] that he's going home [Am] again
Born and raised in Mackie [E] Town, the blacksmith's only [Am] son
He brings his friends and neighbors [E] through for deeds [Am] he has not done _ _
_ _ _ But when he rides in triumph [E] back again [Am] to Mackie Town
_ Relief at his [C] salvation [Bm] quickly _ [E] dies _ _
[Am] For though his [C] power has vanished [E] and he brings the [Am]
murderer's head
The [E] village wisdom calls his [Am] claims a lie
Sword in hand and rain in [E] hand he rides [Am] across the plain
_ Searching for a [E] power that he'll never find [Am] again
Born [C] and raised in [E] Mackie Town, the blacksmith's [Am] only son
His neighbors hound and hunt him [E] for a deed he [Am] has not done
His neighbors hound and hunt him [E] for a deed he has [Am] not [E] done
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