Chords for Shadow Stalker: The Colddrake Mercedes Lackey

_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] Mm-hmm.
[D] _ _ [A] Mm [Bm]-hmm.
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[D] Young Afonya once [A] awakened from a dream of death [A] and fear.
[Bm] If he should choose to be a mage, his doom would then [F#] draw near.
[Bm] A future filled [A] with suffering was all that he could see.
And [Bm] so he made [E] a choice to leave [A] Khadrev, [B] avail and flee.
[D] Into the [F#] winter's bitter cold he hurried [F#] on that day.
[Bm] His mind was numb and [A] chilled, and he could scarcely [A] find his way.
[Bm] When pondering his haste made choice, he thought then to [F#] return.
But a magic cry for mercy made his [A] frozen spirit [B] burn.
[D] _
_ [A] Silvaris, the cold drake hunts for prey.
Its glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal your [B] soul away.
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[D] He caught the [A] cry of men, followed it where it led.
[F#] And all the while a helpless [Bm] anguish echoed in [F#] his head.
He [Bm] came upon a [A] holding in a sheltered forest vale.
Destroyed in [E] ruthless fury [Bm] by a [A] monster cold and pale.
[D] A woman and her children [Bm] huddled near the cold [F#] drake's maw.
[Bm] Her husband [A] lay in shreds beneath [Em] an unforgiving [A] claw.
[Bm] The beast entranced [A] her victims, neither looking [F#] left nor right.
She [A] knew full well the peasants had no way to [B] run or fight.
[D] _
Silvaris, _ the cold drake [A] hunts for prey.
Its [G] glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal [A] your [B] soul away.
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[D] Then suddenly a man stepped forth, [Bm] a pitchfork in his hand.
As if [A] alone he'd face the [Bm] beast and bravely take a [F#] stand.
Though [Bm] old and frail, he [A] could not bear to watch his [A] kinfolk die.
He was the [E] only chance they had [G] and he was bound [B] to try.
[D] The old man thrust [F#] his weapon deep [Bm] into the cold [F#] drake's side.
[G] He knew his life was forfeit and [Bm] there was [A] nowhere to hide.
[Bm] As Fonu watched, [A] the monster killed the farmer [F#] where he stood.
[A] Distraction broke the calling as the old man [B] knew it would.
[D] Silvaris, [A] _ the cold drake [A] hunts for prey.
Its [Em] glowing eyes can hypnotize and [A] steal your [B] soul away.
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_ _ [D] From hiding then did Fonu spring rage, forcing [A] his attack.
[Bm] He [A] shielded all the peasants and he [Bm] forced the monster [F#] back.
With magic drawn from hidden nodes, he flung the cold drake high.
[Bm] And watched its [E] broken body plummet from the [B] winter sky.
[D] Courage [F#] of the simple folk [Bm] can move a man [F#] to tears.
[G] Or give him strength [A] to face a foe [Bm] and conquer all his [A] fears.
[F#] So Fonu made a choice that [G] day he never [F#] would regret.
A farmer taught a [A] lesson that the mage could not [B]
forget.
[D] _ [A] Silvaris, _ the cold drake hunts for prey.
Its [G] glowing eyes can [A] hypnotize and steal your soul [B]
away.
[D] Silvaris, [A] _ on the snow that day.
For young Vaniel unfroze Fizbel and chose the [B] mage's way.
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