Chords for Threes (The Horse Tamer's Daughter)

[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ Deep [C] into [A] the stony hills, [Dm] miles [C] from [Dm] keep or hold,
A troop of guards [F] comes riding [C] with [Dm] the lady at [A] her _ door.
_ [Dm] Riding [C]
in [Dm] the center, [A] shrouded in her [Dm] cloak of fur, _ _ _
Companioned [A] by a maiden and [G] a [F] toothless aged [Dm] cur.
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Breathing, see [Dm] no end, [A] a [F] flower _ [C] blinded ere [A] it bloomed,
_ [Dm] A message [G] that [F] was wasted [C] [Dm] and a [C] journey [Dm] that was doomed. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ One [C] among the [Dm] _
[A] guardsmen has [Dm] a shifting, [C] restless [Dm] _
eye,
And as they ride [F] he scans the hills [Dm] that rise against [A] the sky.
He [Dm] [C] wears a [Dm] sword and bracelet worth [A] more than he can [Dm] afford,
_ And hidden [A] in his baggage is [G] a heavy [F] secret [Dm] _ hoard.
_ [F] Of three [C] things [Dm] be wary of [F] the hungry [C] hunting [A] cat,
_ [Dm] The shepherd [Em]
[F] eating mutton, [Dm] and the [C] guardsman that [Dm] is fat.
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From [C] ambush, [Dm] bandits [A] screaming, [D] charge the pack [C] train and its [Dm] prize. _ _
All but [F] four within the [Dm] train are taken [A] by surprise,
[D] And [C] all but [Dm] four are cut down [A] as woodsman [Dm] fouls a log. _ _
The guardsman [A] and the lady [G] and the maiden [F] and the [Dm] _ dog. _
[F] Three [C] things know [Dm] a secret, [G] first [F] the lady [A] in a dream,
_ [Dm]
The dog who [Em] [F] barks no warning, [Dm] and the maid [C] who does [Dm] not scream. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then off [C] the [Dm] lady [A] pulls her cloak, in [C] armor she [Dm] is clad.
[G] [Dm] Her sword is out and ready, and her eyes are fierce [A] and glad.
[Dm] The maiden [C] gestures [Dm]
briefly, and the [A] dogs occur no [Dm] _
more.
A wolf, [G] sword [A] maid, and sorceress [G] now [F] face the bandit [B]
corps.
_ [F] _ Three [Am] things [Dm] never anger, [G] or [F] you will not [C] live [A] for _ long.
[Dm] A wolf with [A] cubs, [F] a man with [C] power, [Dm] and a [C] woman's sense [Dm] of wrong.
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_ _ _ _ _ The [C] bandits growl [Dm] a challenge, [A] and [Dm] the lady [C] _
[Dm] only grins.
[Am] _ [Dm] _ The sorceress [F] falls mockingly, [Dm] and then the [A] fight _ begins.
_ [Dm] [C] When it [Dm] ends, there are but [A] four left standing [Dm] from that horde.
_ The witch, the [A] wolf, the traitor, [G] and the woman [F] with [Dm] the sword.
_ [F] Three things [C] never [Dm] trust in, [G] _ [F] the maiden [A] sworn as pure.
_ [Dm] The vows a [G] king [F] has given, and [Dm] the [C] ambush that [Dm] is sure.
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[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
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_ _ They've stripped [C] the [Dm] traitor [A] naked, [D] and they've [C] whipped him on [Dm]
his way.
[F] Into the [Dm] barren _ hillsides, like the folk he [A] used to slay.
[Dm] They [C] take a [Dm] thorough vengeance [A] for the women [Dm] he's cut down.
And then they mount [A] their horses, and [Em] they journey [F] back [Dm] to town.
_ [F] Three things [C] [Dm] trust and cherish well, [F] the horse on which [A]
you ride.
[Dm] The beast that [Em] [F] guards and watches, and [Dm] the [C] sister at [Dm] your _ side.
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