Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Intro Chords :
F#m E A B / F#m E D A (2x) – Bm C#m D E ... [ Bm A D E ]

F#m E A B
I've got two strong arms
C#m D Bm G
Blessings of Babylon, time to carry on
F#m E A B
And try for sins and false alarms
C#m D D#m Bbm
So to American the brave
Bm C#m D
Wise man save.

- E F#m E A B
- Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground
C F#m E D A
B Where an old man of Erin goes around and around
O F#m E A B
R And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
U F#m E D A
S For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right
- Bm C#m D E F#m
- But he'll never never fight over you

E A B
I've got plans for us
C#m D Bm G
Nights in the scullery and days instead of me
F#m E A B
I only know what to discuss
C#m D D#m Bbm
Oh, for anything but light
Bm C#m D E F#m
Wise men fighting over you

E A B
It's not me you see
C#m D Bm G
Pieces of valentine, just a song of mine
F#m E A B
To keep from burning history
C#m D D#m Bbm
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Bm C#m D E
Wise men fold

[ CHORUS ] => now strumming: F#m E A B / F#m E D A (2x) – Bm C#m D E
F#m B E A G#m C# F#

[Bridge] I've got time to kill. Sly looks in corridors without a
E D#sus D# G#m F# B
plan of yours, a blackbird sings on blue-bird hill
C#sus4 C# A D
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Bm A D E
Wise mens child.

[ 2x Instrumental ] F#m E A B / F#m E D A (2x) – Bm C#m D E

[ 2x CHORUS ] ...and end:
A Bm C#m D E Bm C#m D E Bm C#m D E F#m
But he'll never never fight over you . . No, he'll never never fight over you.