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                The Riddle – Nik Kershaw
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Written by: Nik Kershaw
From: “The Riddle” (1984)

Tabbed By: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 2nd fret
Play: Em
Key: F#m (later: key change to Abm)

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CHORDS
         E-A-D
D/F#     2-x-0
G/B      x-2-0

-G-B-e        
-2-3-2       A
-0-0-3       E

     E-A-D-G-B
b/C  x-3-1-1-1
b/G  3-6-5-3-4

-e
-x
-3

Gm       3-x-0
F/A      x-0-3
C/Bb     x-1-2

-3-x-x
-2-1-x
-0-1-0

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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        I got 

          
two strong arm

s
           
Blessings of B


abylon
           
Time to carry 

      [  ]
on and try
        
  For sins and

       
 false alarms
       
So to America 

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the Brave
        
Wise men save




[Chorus]
[  ]       
  Near a tree 

     
by a river
             
There's a hole

        
 in the ground
            
Where an old m

     
an of Aran
             
Goes around an

   
d around
            
And his mind i

   
s a beacon
             
In the veil of

     
 the night
            
For a strange 

       
kind of fashio

n
             
There's a wron

        
g and a right
            
But he'll neve

          
r, never fight

    [  ]
 over you


[Verse 2]
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        I got 

         
plans for us
            
Nights in the 


scullery
         
And days inste

ad of me
        
I only know wh

        
at to discuss
       
Oh, for anythi

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ng but light
        
Wise men fight

       [  ]
ing over you


[Verse 3]
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        It's n

         
ot me you see
        
Pieces of vale


ntine
         
And just a son

g of mine
           
To keep from b

/        
urning history
         
Seasons of gas

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oline and gold
        
Wise men fold

[  ]


[Chorus]
[  ]       
  Near a tree 

     
by a river
             
There's a hole

        
 in the ground
            
Where an old m

     
an of Aran
             
Goes around an

   
d around
            
And his mind i

   
s a beacon
             
In the veil of

     
 the night
            
For a strange 

       
kind of fashio

n
             
There's a wron

        
g and a right
            
But he'll neve

          
r, never fight

    [  ]
 over you


[Bridge]
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      I got ti

      
me to kill
           
Sly looks in c

/
orridors
         
Without a plan

 of yours
        
A blackbird si

         
ngs on Bluebir

  
d Hill
             
Thanks to the 

          
calling of the

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 wild
     
Wise men's chi

    [  ]
ld


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
[  ]      
  Near a tree 

     
by a river
            
There's a hole

        
 in the ground
            
Where an old m

      
an of Aran
            
Goes around an

   
d around
            
And his mind i

    
s a beacon
            
In the veil of

     
 the night
            
For a strange 

        
kind of fashio

n
            
There's a wron

        
g and a right
           
But he'll neve

          
r, never fight


[Chorus]
[  ]      
  Near a tree 

     
by a river
            
There's a hole

        
 in the ground
            
Where an old m

      
an of Aran
            
Goes around an

   
d around
            
And his mind i

    
s a beacon
            
In the veil of

     
 the night
            
For a strange 

        
kind of fashio

n
            
There's a wron

        
g and a right
           
But he'll neve

        
r, never fight

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 over you
[  ]      
  No, he'll ne

       
ver, never fig

      
ht over you