[Intro]
Am Dm Am C Dm Em
Dm Am
[Verse]
Am
A young man walked through the forest
G Am
With his quiver and hunting bow
Dm
He heard a young girl singing
Am Em Am
And followed the sound below
Dm
There he found the maiden
Am Em Am
Who lives in the willow
[Verse]
Am
He called to her as she listened
From a ring of toadstools red
Dm
"Come with me, my maiden
Am Em Am
Come from thy willow bed"
Dm
She looked at him serenely
Am G Am
And only shook her head
[Chorus]
Em Am
"See me now
A ray of light in the moondance
Em Am
See me now
Em Am
I cannot leave this place
Em Am
Hear me now
A strain of song in the forest
F C
Don't ask me
Dm Em
To follow where you lead"
[Verse]
Am
A young man walked through the forest
With a flower and coat of green
Dm
His love had hair like fire
Am G Am
Her eyes an emerald sheen
Dm
She wrapped herself in beauty
Am G Am
So young and so serene
[Verse]
Am
He stood there under the willow
And he gave her the yellow bloom
Dm
"Girl, my heart you've captured
Am Em Am
Oh, I would be your groom"
Dm
She said she'd wed him never
Am G Am
Not near, nor far, nor soon
[Chorus]
Em Am
"See me now
A ray of light in the moondance
Em Am
See me now
Em Am
I cannot leave this place
Em Am
Hear me now
A strain of song in the forest
F C
Don't ask me
Em C Em Am
To follow where you lead"
-follow where you lead-
Dm
Hey-ey Hey-ey Hey-ey Hey-ey
[Verse]
Am
A young man walked through the forest
G Am
With an axe sharp as a knife
Dm
"I'll take the green-eyed fairy
Am G Am
And she shall be my wife
Dm
With her I'll raise my children
Am G Am
With her I'll live my life"
[Verse]
Am
The maiden wept when she heard him
G Am
When he said he'd set her free
Dm
He took his axe and used it
Am G Am
To bring down her ancient tree
Dm
"Now your willow's fallen
Am G Am
Now you belong to me"
[Chorus]
G F G
"See me now
F G Dm
A ray of light in the moondance
Am G F G
See me now
F G Dm
I cannot leave this place
Am Em Am
Hear me now
G Am
A strain of song in the forest
C
Don't ask me
Dm Em Abm Am Abm Am
To follow where you lead"
[Verse]
Am
She followed him out the forest
Dm Am
And collapsed upon the earth
Her feet had walked but a distance
G Am
From the green land of her birth
[Verse]
Am
She faded into a flower
Dm Am
That would bloom for one bright eve
He could not take from the forest
G
What was never meant to leave