Chords for Snow Magic (Freedom, Flight, & Fantasy)

_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] In the _ forests [Dbm] of the _ Northlands, [Eb] where light _ curtains dance [Abm] at night,
_ _ [Dbm] Lived a warrior _ [Abm] named _ Alexei.
He [Eb] was fair and young and [Abm] bright. _ _
[E] Many _ _ maidens [B] sighed to see him, yet [Eb] _ Alexei _ [Abm] dwelt alone.
_ Though [Dbm] they tried their best [Abm] to please him, to [Eb] their charms he was [Abm] _
astone.
_ Then [Dbm] one day within [Abm]
the forest, [Eb] young Alexei [Abm] passing there,
_ [Dbm] Met a maiden [Abm] like no other, [Eb] tall and shining, proud [Abm] and fair.
_ [Gb] Hair as pale as virgin [B] _ snowdrifts, [Gb] eyes like ice with hidden fire.
_ [Dbm] From the moment that [Abm] he saw her, [Eb] he was taken with [Abm] _ desire.
[E] Young _ Alexei, proud [Abm] _ Alexei, _ [Eb] _ _
magic [Abm] in the snow _ [Dbm] there is peril.
[Abm] In the forest, [Eb] hiding more than you [Abm] can know. _ _ _
Through _ _ Alexei's [Dbm] on _ gladness, his [Eb] pale maid loved [Abm] in return.
_ And [Dbm] she would deny [Abm] him nothing, _ though [Eb] her past he could [Abm] not learn.
_ Nor [E] would she once [B] leave the _ forest, [Eb] back to _ his own [Abm] village go. _
Said [Dbm] she feared the touch [Abm] of _ strangers would [Eb] not leave the peaceful [Abm] snow.
_ _ _ [Dbm] Nor though he would [Abm] often beg her, [Eb] let him much past _ [Abm] moonrise stay.
[Dbm] But with tears and soft [Abm] _ entreaties, sent [Eb] him homewards on [Abm] his way.
_ _ [Gb]
Enemies had young [B] _ Alexei, [Gb] one of them a [B] cunning foe.
_ _ [Dbm]
Noted where he spent [Abm] his hours, [Eb] laid in ambush in [Abm] the snow.
Oh [E] my _ _ _ [Abm] love, see [Eb] you in _ _ [Abm] the snow.
[Dbm] There is danger in the forest, leave [Eb] and do not ask [Abm] me why.
_ _ _ Young Alexei, strong [Dbm] _ Alexei, laughed [Eb] away his _ [Abm] lover's fear. _
And [Dbm] he did not leave [Abm] till darkness, _ [Eb] then behind him he [Abm] could hear.
_ [E] Sounds of wolves that _ [B] stalked his horses.
Then [Eb] before him he [Abm] could see, _ [Dbm] men that _ sprang out [Abm] in an _ ambush.
[Eb] And his mortal _ [Abm] enemy. _ _
He [Dbm] was one [Abm] against too many, but [Eb] ere they could raise [Abm] a sword. _
[Dbm] Wolves appeared and [Abm] leapt upon them, [Eb] like a great _ [Abm] avenging horde.
[Gb] Wolves led by a [B] raging bitch queen, [Gb] fur as white and soft [B] as snow.
_ [Dbm] And Alexei, much [Abm] _
astonished, [Eb] watched his enemies [Abm] laid low.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
See, _ [Eb] _ why were _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Dbm] you not [Abm] in the warning, [Eb] that I dare [Abm] not speak aloud.
_ _ _ Then the wolf and bitch [Dbm] faced _ Alexei, [Eb] men's blood stained her white [Abm] for red.
_ And [Dbm] before he drew [Abm] one breath, his lover [Eb] stood in _ [Abm] wolfling's stead. _
Long [E] I loved you with [B] snow magic, _ [Eb] wrought a spell but with [Abm] one man.
_ In [Dbm] my woods I'd stay [Abm] a maiden, if [Eb] I never _ [Abm] killed a man.
_ [Dbm] Now the spell I [Abm] wrought is ended, [Eb] and she vanished [Abm] as she spoke.
[Dbm] And the wolf bit, [Abm] turned and fled him, [Eb] howled in grief as her [Abm] heart broke.
_ [Gb] Now though many maids [B] pursue him, [Gb] young Alexei [B] dwells alone.
And [Dbm] it's from the herd [Abm] to wonder, at [Eb] how sad and fair [Abm] he's grown.
[E] Long _ Alexei [Abm] proud no longer, [Eb] _ each day till the [Abm] forest goes.
He's [Dbm] for something lost [Abm] or hiding, [Eb] prays for magic in [Abm] the snow.
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