Notes:

E|-----| 

Although several songbooks have written this song out 
in the key of C,
Lightfoot *ALWAYS* uses a capo.  For this song, the 
capo is used on the second fret and the chords are
"normally".  They *sound* a whole step higher.  Is this
 confusing?  Just put a capo on the 2nd fret, pop on
record or CD, and play along!!!  You'll sound fine and 
in tune!!!

Listen how the song pulses on the A string rhythmically
 -- feel that galloping horse.

The chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the 
second time round, to the "normal" E, A, D chords.
should too, if you want to sound authentic.

Fingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle
 fingers.  That's how The Man does it.

Have fun!!!

The Chords:

E|-----|E|-----| 

The names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, 
but the chord forms are correct.  The numbers
with the recommended finger to use, starting with 
1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-)  
Look
for the "1"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../

     A             D(A bass)         E(A bass)         
    E
                     (D/A)             (E/A)
===========       ===========       ===========       
===========
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       |
 | | 1 | |

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


 E7(A bass)            D                 E7
  (E7/A)
===========       ===========       ===========       
===========
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | 1 | |       |
 | | | | |

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       |

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 
|| | | | | |                         


E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----

E||E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|- 


The Song:

E|-----|--- 


Intro/fill: (Gord's part)  (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red

E|-----|E|-----|  Shea's original -- I can't get the rh

E|ythm right and I don't 

            like Terry's way so much)

A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A


Verses Choruses:

E|-----|E|-----|E|-----|- 


A                     D/A        A            
Through the woodland through the valley comes a 
           E/A      A
horseman wild and free
               D/A       A                         
Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave 
      E/A      A
young horseman be
               D/A   A                        E/A   
He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is 
A
weak
                D/A   A                      E/A   A   
He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek
   A  E7/A  A


E/A                            D/A                   
Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book 
         A
into his hand
E/A                           D/A                    
Standing like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean
        A
 to the shore
                         E     E7
    Till he can shout no more

A                D/A      A                     E/A  
I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon 
   A
the wing
             D/A     A                           E/A  
I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a 
A
king
                    D/A         A                   
I have searched the whole world over, looking for a 
E/A      A
place to sleep
                D/A       A                        E/A 
I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean
      A
 grow weak

Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A

A                D/A    A                          
See the children of the earth who wake to find the 
E/A   A
table bare
               D/A    A                     E/A      
See the gentry in the country riding off to take the 
A    A  E7/A  A
air

E                              D                     
Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword 
       A
into his hand
     E                              D                 
Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the 
             A
ocean to the shore
                         E     E7
    Till he can shout no more

A              D/A              A              E/A   
See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace 
   A
of sin
               D/A     A                           E/A 
See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best
    A
 he can
                 D/A    A                         
See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's 
E/A    A
sacred fire
                D/A      A                       E/A
See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be 
  A
admired

Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A

A               D/A      A                       E/A 
See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys
     A
 and sells
                D/A      A                      E/A  
See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare 
    A
not tell
                 D/A    A                       E/A  
See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make 
     A
ends meet
                 D/A    A                        E/A 
See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon 
     A    A  E7/A  A
the street

E                              D                     
Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished 
           A
cross into his hand
E                                    D               
Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across 
               A
the ocean to the shore
E                                    D               
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off 
             A
across the dusty plain
                  E                        D
In vain to search again, where no one will hear  
(pause)

A                    D/A         A            
Through the woodland through the valley comes a 
           E/A      A
horseman wild and free
               D/A       A                         
Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave 
      E/A      A
young horseman be
               D/A   A                        E/A   
He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is 
A
weak
                D/A   A                      E/A   A
He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek