Chords for William Tell
Tempo:
97.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Fm
Cm
Eb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In a pleasant wooded valley [Bb] lived a huntsman tall and able.
relied on skill and cunning [Cm] for the food [Bb] upon his table.
walk the forest shadows [Eb] with his little [Gm] son in tow, [Cm]
teaching [Bb] him the archer's [Ab] art and all that [Bb] he should know.
your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest [Ab] head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow.
In the valley there was freedom [Bb] and a man was left to living, [Fm] but as year gave way to year, the [Cm] ruling men grew [Bb] less forgiving.
relied on skill and cunning [Cm] for the food [Bb] upon his table.
walk the forest shadows [Eb] with his little [Gm] son in tow, [Cm]
teaching [Bb] him the archer's [Ab] art and all that [Bb] he should know.
your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest [Ab] head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow.
In the valley there was freedom [Bb] and a man was left to living, [Fm] but as year gave way to year, the [Cm] ruling men grew [Bb] less forgiving.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ In a pleasant wooded valley [Bb] lived a huntsman tall and able.
[Fm] He relied on skill and cunning [Cm] for the food [Bb] upon his table.
[Fm] He would walk the forest shadows [Eb] with his little [Gm] son in tow, [Cm]
teaching [Bb] him the archer's [Ab] art and all that [Bb] he should know.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest [Ab] head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow. _
In the valley there was freedom [Bb] and a man was left to living, [Fm] but as year gave way to year, the [Cm] ruling men grew [Bb] less forgiving.
[Fm] On a day as black as death, [Eb] a governor to [Gm] rule them came, [Cm] turning [Bb] landsmen into [Ab] slaves and Gessler [Bb] was his name.
_ [Fm] In the center of the village, [Bb] Gessler set aloft the pillar [Fm] and he ordered every subject, [Cm] be he serf or [Bb] be he miller,
[Fm] to do homage to the hat [Eb] that Gessler placed [Gm] atop the pole, [Cm] or to [Bb] forfeit to the [Ab] crown his life if [Bb] not his soul.
_ [Fm] But the huntsman William Tell [Bb] came into town the morning after.
[Fm] William heard of Gessler's order [Cm] and could only [Bb] roar with laughter.
[Fm] Honest men should hold a rank [Eb] above a petty [Gm] _ [Cm] autocrat.
I would [Bb] never bow to [Ab] him, I'll not bow [Bb] to his hat.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow. _ _
Gessler's soldiers seized the huntsman [Bb] and his little son for treason, [Fm] but the people of the village [Cm] cried for mercy [Bb] and for reason.
[Fm] Gessler stays the execution, [Eb] but a cruel [Gm] test [Cm] contrives.
Prove to [Bb] me your skill and [Ab] you may ransom [Bb] back your lives. _
[Fm] I have heard it said you have no [Bb] peer with longbow and with arrow, [Fm] that your shaft can find the quickest [Cm] hare and fell the [Bb] smallest sparrow.
[Fm] On the head of your young son I'll [Eb] place an apple [Gm] ripe and red.
[Cm] Split it [Bb] with one shot or [Ab] at my word you [Bb] both are dead.
_ [Fm] William Tell went to his son and [Bb] said, I swear I will not hurt you.
[Fm] Courage will not bow to fear, nor [Cm] shall this evil [Bb] conquer virtue.
[Fm] Turn your face towards our home and [Eb] stand as still [Gm] as any tree.
[Cm] I will [Bb] split the apple, [Ab] we shall soon be [Bb] home and free.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow.
_ Every tongue was still and silent [Bb] as the archer paced the distance.
[Fm] Gessler's soldiers lined the square and [Cm] there was no [Bb] hope of resistance.
[Fm] William knocked a single arrow, [Eb] put his shoulders [Gm] back and drew.
[Cm] Then the [Bb] arrow sang and [Ab] split the apple [Bb] clean in two.
_ [Fm] All at once the crowd erupted [Bb] into cheers and into chatter, [Fm] and a second arrow fell from [Cm] William's quiver [Bb] with a clatter.
[Fm] Gessler said, why hold two arrows [Eb] when I bid you [Gm] shoot but one?
[Cm]
That one [Bb] would have found your [Ab] heart if I had [Bb] shot my son. _
[Fm] Take the archer now and hang him.
[Bb] Gessler to his men was crying, [Fm] but before the soldiers moved the [Cm] archer and his [Bb] son were flying.
[Fm] From the shelter of the wood [Eb] the hunter loosed a [Gm] final dart.
[Cm] Gessler [Bb] died with William's [Ab] arrow buried [Bb] in his heart.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] or the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Bb] wields a bow.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] or the highest head may fall [Eb] to the _ man who [Fm] wields a bow. _ _ _ _ _
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[Fm] He relied on skill and cunning [Cm] for the food [Bb] upon his table.
[Fm] He would walk the forest shadows [Eb] with his little [Gm] son in tow, [Cm]
teaching [Bb] him the archer's [Ab] art and all that [Bb] he should know.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest [Ab] head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow. _
In the valley there was freedom [Bb] and a man was left to living, [Fm] but as year gave way to year, the [Cm] ruling men grew [Bb] less forgiving.
[Fm] On a day as black as death, [Eb] a governor to [Gm] rule them came, [Cm] turning [Bb] landsmen into [Ab] slaves and Gessler [Bb] was his name.
_ [Fm] In the center of the village, [Bb] Gessler set aloft the pillar [Fm] and he ordered every subject, [Cm] be he serf or [Bb] be he miller,
[Fm] to do homage to the hat [Eb] that Gessler placed [Gm] atop the pole, [Cm] or to [Bb] forfeit to the [Ab] crown his life if [Bb] not his soul.
_ [Fm] But the huntsman William Tell [Bb] came into town the morning after.
[Fm] William heard of Gessler's order [Cm] and could only [Bb] roar with laughter.
[Fm] Honest men should hold a rank [Eb] above a petty [Gm] _ [Cm] autocrat.
I would [Bb] never bow to [Ab] him, I'll not bow [Bb] to his hat.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow. _ _
Gessler's soldiers seized the huntsman [Bb] and his little son for treason, [Fm] but the people of the village [Cm] cried for mercy [Bb] and for reason.
[Fm] Gessler stays the execution, [Eb] but a cruel [Gm] test [Cm] contrives.
Prove to [Bb] me your skill and [Ab] you may ransom [Bb] back your lives. _
[Fm] I have heard it said you have no [Bb] peer with longbow and with arrow, [Fm] that your shaft can find the quickest [Cm] hare and fell the [Bb] smallest sparrow.
[Fm] On the head of your young son I'll [Eb] place an apple [Gm] ripe and red.
[Cm] Split it [Bb] with one shot or [Ab] at my word you [Bb] both are dead.
_ [Fm] William Tell went to his son and [Bb] said, I swear I will not hurt you.
[Fm] Courage will not bow to fear, nor [Cm] shall this evil [Bb] conquer virtue.
[Fm] Turn your face towards our home and [Eb] stand as still [Gm] as any tree.
[Cm] I will [Bb] split the apple, [Ab] we shall soon be [Bb] home and free.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] for the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Fm] wields a bow.
_ Every tongue was still and silent [Bb] as the archer paced the distance.
[Fm] Gessler's soldiers lined the square and [Cm] there was no [Bb] hope of resistance.
[Fm] William knocked a single arrow, [Eb] put his shoulders [Gm] back and drew.
[Cm] Then the [Bb] arrow sang and [Ab] split the apple [Bb] clean in two.
_ [Fm] All at once the crowd erupted [Bb] into cheers and into chatter, [Fm] and a second arrow fell from [Cm] William's quiver [Bb] with a clatter.
[Fm] Gessler said, why hold two arrows [Eb] when I bid you [Gm] shoot but one?
[Cm]
That one [Bb] would have found your [Ab] heart if I had [Bb] shot my son. _
[Fm] Take the archer now and hang him.
[Bb] Gessler to his men was crying, [Fm] but before the soldiers moved the [Cm] archer and his [Bb] son were flying.
[Fm] From the shelter of the wood [Eb] the hunter loosed a [Gm] final dart.
[Cm] Gessler [Bb] died with William's [Ab] arrow buried [Bb] in his heart.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] or the highest head may fall [Eb] to the man who [Bb] wields a bow.
[Fm] Keep your eye clear and keen [Gm] like a falcon on the wing.
[Ab] Keep your heart strong and steady [Eb] like your hand [Bb] upon the string.
[Fm] Never bow to a tyrant [Eb] while your people [Cm] are laid low, [Fm] or the highest head may fall [Eb] to the _ man who [Fm] wields a bow. _ _ _ _ _
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