Don Quixote Chords by Gordon Lightfoot
- Key: B
- BPM: 97
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
DON QUIXOTE CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] B ■ Through the woodland through the valley B Comes a horseman wild and free B Tilting at the windmills passing B Who can the brave young horseman be B He is wild but he is mellow B He is strong but he is weak B He is cruel but he is gentle B He is wise but he is meek E Reaching for his saddlebag B He takes a battered book into his hand Gb B Gb Standing like a prophet bold E B He shouts across the ocean to the shore Gb E Till he can shout no more ■ B I have come o'er moor and mountain B Like the hawk upon the wing B I was once a shining knight B Who was the guardian of a king B I have searched the whole world over B Looking for a place to sleep B I have seen the strong survive E And I have seen the lean grown weak ■ B ■ See the children of the earth B Who wake to find the table bare B See the gentry in the country B Riding off to take the air [Chorus] Gb Reaching for his saddlebag E B He takes a rusty sword into his handz Gb Then striking up a knightly pose E B He shouts across the ocean to the shore Gb Till he can shout no more [Verse] B See the jailor with his key B Who locks away all trace of sin B See the judge upon the bench B Who tries the case as best he can E See the wise and wicked ones B Who feed upon life's sacred fire B See the soldier with his gun E B Who must be dead to be admired ■ ■ B See the man who tips the needle B See the man who buys and sells B See the man who puts the collar B On the ones who dare not tell B See the drunkard in the tavern B Stemming gold to make ends meet B See the youth in ghetto black B Condemned to life upon the street [Chorus] Gb Reaching for his saddlebag E B He takes a tarnished cross into his hand Gb Then standing like a preacher now E B He shouts across the ocean to the shore Gb Then in a blaze of tangled hooves E B He gallops off across the dusty plain Gb In vain to search again E Where no one will hear B Through the woodland through the valley B Comes a horseman wild and free B Tilting at the windmills passing B Who can the brave young horseman be E B He is wild but he is mellow B He is strong but he is weak B He is cruel but he is gentle B He is wise but he is meek [Outro] E B E B ■ ■ ■ ■