WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Natalie Merchant - Crazy Man Michael Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Within the fire and out upon the sea,
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Crazy man Michael was walking.
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He met with a raven with eyes black as coal,
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And shortly they were talking.
[Verse 2]
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"Your future, your future, I will tell to you.
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Your future you often have asked me.
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Your true love will die by your own right hand,
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And crazy man Michael will cursed be.ā
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[Verse 3]
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Well, Michael he ranted and Michael he raved,
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And he beat at the four winds with his fists-o.
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Well, he laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore,
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For his mad mind entrapped him with a first-hold.
[Verse 4]
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"You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate.
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You speak for the devil that haunts me.
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For is she not the fairest in all the broad land?
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Your sorcerer's words are to taunt me.ā
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Well, he took out his dagger of fine and broad steel,
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And he struck down the raven through the heart-o.
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Well, the bird fluttered long, and the sky it did spin,
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And this cold earth did wander 'round startled.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
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Oh, where is the raven that I struck down dead,
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And here did lye on the ground-o?
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I see my true love with a wound so red
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Where her lover's heart did pound-o.
[Verse 7]
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Crazy man Michael, he wanders, Iām told,
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And he talks through the night and the day-o,
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But his eyes they are sane and his speech is plain,
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But he longs to be far away-o.
[Verse 8]
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Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes,
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And he asks of the wild wolves their pardon,
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But his true love has flown into every flower grown,
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And he must be keeper of the garden.
[Outro]
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