This is how I play the song. Suggestions welcome!
One, two, three…
F G C Dm x2
Bbm
He's just a kid,
Am
he wants a ride.
G
They took his ears,
Dm
They took his eyes.
Bbm
They said a ride
Am
Is never free,
G
He couldn’t hear
Dm
He couldn’t see.
Bbm
Well there are things
Am
That have to die
G
So other things
Dm
Can stay alive
Bbm
The fire burns,
Am
It burns to give,
G
It has to burn, alive,
Dm
To live.
F G
The other men spoke low;
C Dm
They took a vote and said no.
F G
They turned around real slow
C Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?
Bb
And the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am Bbm F G Dm
If the fire hasn’t died, say Nooooooooo
Bbm F G Dm
Say Nooooooooo
Bbm Am G Dm
Say, “You don’t know what king we serve, boy.
Bbm Am G Dm
You don’t know what things we employ.”
F G
The other men spoke low;
C Dm
They took a vote and said no.
F G
They turned around real slow
C Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?
F G C Dm x2
Bb
And the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am
If the fire doesn’t die
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Bb
Oh the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am
If the fire doesn’t die
Dm
I said be CAREFUL
Bb
Of what you wish for
Dm
Oh be CAREFUL
Bb
Of what you wish for
F
And be CAREFUL
C
Around the fire-light
Dm
And be CAREFUL
Bb
Around the bright, bright, light
F
‘Cause the fire never dies
C
So the kid lost his eyes
Bb
Oh, that’s how it goes, Baby
That’s how it goes, Baby
That’s how it goes, Baby
That’s how it goes.
Dm Bb till end
End on D
