Mctell Ralph - First & Last Man guitar tab

FIRST AND LAST MAN

Ralph McTell

(F)I am your (G)noble (C)savage, but to (F)me I (G)am a (C)man.

The (F)father (G)of my (C)sons, the (F)servant (G)of my (C)wo(Amin)-ma(Amin/G)(F)(G)(F)-an.

La, la, (G)la, la, la, (C)la.

And I have made my bow, I take only what I need.

I am the maker of fire, and the planter of seed.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

And I have learned an order in things, and I teach my children.

For each seed a star, for each son a generation.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

I have no time for freedom, barefoot I run in forest leaves.

There is pain in birth, but for the dead I do not grieve.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

I have cut marks on my body, there is beauty in pain.

And a sadness in joy, like death and the sunset.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

I am the willing heathen, I worship everything.

I will add new words to my language and write them on the wind.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

I am the maker of music, and the reader of the heavens.

I am the worker of magic, and the fearer of storms.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

I am the writer in sand. I am the first and last man.

And if I could read the future, I would ask you not to come.

La, la, la, la, la, la.

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