The Riddle Ukulele Chords

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
 
Chords by Felix Oelmann
 
A great song from 1984!
(And not too difficult to play as well)
Note: In the 2nd chorus all chords are tuned one step up.
I don't know if my version is entirely correct, but it sounds
right to me..
 
 
[Intro]
F#m / E / A / B / F#m / E / D / A
F#m / E / A / B / F#m / E / D / A / Bm / A / D / E / F#m / E
 
[Verse 1]
E     A          B
I got two strong arms
C#m          D
Blessings of Babylon
Bm      G            F#m
Time to carry on and try
    E        A      B
For sins and false alarms
C#m    D          D#
So to America the brave
Bm   A   D
Wise men save
 
[Chorus]
E      F#m       E
Near a tree by a river
          A           B
There's a hole in the ground
         F#m        E
Where an old man of Aran
      D          A
Goes around and around
        F#m       E
And his mind is a beacon
       A           B
In the veil of the night
      F#m             E
For a strange kind of fashion
          D           A
There's a wrong and a right
          Bm     A     D     E    F#m
But he'll never, never fight over you
 
[Verse 2]
E     A         B
I got plans for us
C#m           D
Nights in the scullery
    Bm     G
And days instead of me
  F#m  E         A     B
I only know what to discuss
C#m     D            D#
Oh, for anything but light
Bm   A   D        E    F#m
Wise men fighting over you
 
[Verse 3]
E        A      B
It's not me you see
C#m       D
Pieces of valentine
    Bm     G       F#m
And just a song of mine
   E                 A    B
To keep from burning history
C#m        D            D#
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Bm   A   D
Wise men fold
 
[Chorus]
E      F#m       E
Near a tree by a river
          A           B
There's a hole in the ground
         F#m        E
Where an old man of Aran
      D          A
Goes around and around
        F#m       E
And his mind is a beacon
       A           B
In the veil of the night
      F#m             E
For a strange kind of fashion
          D           A
There's a wrong and a right
          Bm     A     D     E    F#m
But he'll never, never fight over you
 
[Bridge]
C     F       Bb
I got time to kill
A            D
Sly looks in corridors
    G     F
Without a plan of yours
A Esus      E        Am  G    C
A blackbird sings on bluebird hill
D                            Eb
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Cm   Bb    Eb
Wise men's child
 
[Chorus]
F      Gm        F
Near a tree by a river
          Bb          C
There's a hole in the ground
         Gm         F
Where an old man of Aran
      Eb         Bb
Goes around and around
        Gm        F
And his mind is a beacon
       Bb          C
In the veil of the night
      Gm              F
For a strange kind of fashion
          Eb          Bb
There's a wrong and a right
          Cm     Bb    Eb
But he'll never, never fight
 
[Chorus]
F      Gm        F
Near a tree by a river
          Bb          C
There's a hole in the ground
         Gm         F
Where an old man of Aran
      Eb         Bb
Goes around and around
        Gm        F
And his mind is a beacon
       Bb          C
In the veil of the night
      Gm              F
For a strange kind of fashion
          Eb          Bb
There's a wrong and a right
          Cm     Bb    Eb    F    Cm     Bb Eb
But he'll never, never fight over you
F         Cm     Bb    Eb    F    Gm
No, he'll never, never fight over you
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