Am    Em   G
Am    Em   G

[Verse]
 Am        Em      G
The man who never was
 Am      Em        G
Painted images of freedom
 Am      Em      G
He never sold a lot
 Dm           C             G
It wasn't what his public wanted
 Am
Still glides the stream

[Verse]
 Am            Em         G
He played in scenes from dreams
 Am           Em      G
Ignored his friends' divisions
 Dm          C            G
Cleaned our dirty streets well
 Dm            C           G
And worked to make things clearer
 Am                    G  F
Still glides the stream
   F                   G Am
Still glides the stream
  Am                    G  F
Still glides the stream

[Pre-chorus]
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All the colours that he saw
 Bb
The windmills by the banks
 Gmaj7
And the journey he'd made
 Bb
Saw his footprints in the sand

[Chorus]
       Dm           C        G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
       Dm           C        G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
       Dm           C        G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
       Dm           C        G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later

[Solo]

Am    Em   G
Am    Em   G

[Verse]
 Am           Em      G
Be careful with what you ignore
 Am               Em      G
Look for greatness in the small
 Am             Em     G
For the man who never was
 Am              Em          G
Still knows what his public needed
 Am              Em         G
Yes, he knows what his public needed
 Am                    G  F
Still glides the stream
 F                     G Am
Still glides the stream
 Am                    G  F
Still glides the stream

[Verse]
  Am           G           F   G
Raised in the time of darkness
 Am       G          F   G
The ancients in his hair
 Am          G             F    G
Born in the thunder and lightning
 Am         G          F   G  Am  G  F  G
The man who was never there

[Chorus]
 Am      G         F   G
Still glides the stream
 Am      G         F   G
Still glides the stream