Crazy Man Michael

amazing track written by richard thompson and david swarbrick and sung by sandy denny on fairport convention’s "liefe & lief" album . Bm D A Fm within the fire and out upon the sea Bm A Bm crazy man michael was walking Bm D A Fm he met with a raven with eyes black as coals Bm A Bm and shortly they were A - talking Fm Bm "your future , your future , i would tell to you Fm A your future , you often have asked me Bm A Bm Fm your true love will die by your own right hand Bm A Bm and crazy man michael will cursed be" Bm D A Fm michael he ranted and michael he raved Bm A Bm and beat at the four winds with his fists - oh Bm D A Fm he laughed and he cried , he shouted and he swore Bm A Bm for his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss - oh Fm Bm "you speak with an evil , you speak with a hate Fm A you speak for the devil that haunts me Bm A Bm Fm for is she not the fairest in all the broad land? Bm A Bm your sorceror’s words are to taunt me" Bm D A Fm he took out his dagger of fire and of steel Fm A and struck down the raven through the heart - oh Bm D A Fm the bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin Fm A Bm and the cold earth did wonder and start - oh Fm Bm "oh , where is the raven that i struck down dead Fm A that here’d lie here on the ground - oh? Bm A Bm Fm i see but my true love with a wound so red" Bm A Bm her lover’s heart it did pound - oh Bm D A Fm crazy man michael , he wanders and walks and talks to the night and the day - oh Bm D A Fm but his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear Bm A Bm and he longs to be far away - oh Fm Bm michael he whistles the simplest of tunes Fm A and asks the wild woods their pardon Bm A Bm Fm for his true love is flown into every flower grown Bm A Bm and he must be keeper of the garden chords by coth