Tom: A Intro: Asus2 Am Asus4 Am Asus4 Asus2 Asus2 Am Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus2 Am Asus4 Asus2 A Asus4 Asus2 Am Asus4 Am Asus2 Am Bb Am Bb C Dm7(b5) C Dm7(b5) G7sus4 Dm7(b5) G7sus4 Dm7(b5) C G7sus4 C G7sus4 Am Bb There once lived a man long ago Am Bb In a land of days dark and cold C Dm7(b5) Blessed with gifted hands some wood and stone C Dm7(b5) G7sus4 Birthed a glowing flame that none had known Dm7(b5) G7sus4 The people gathered around Dm7(b5) C G7sus4 C G7sus4 From every land and town Gb They'd never seen such a wonder Fm Such warmth and such light Gb Fm Dancing and blazing throughout the cold nights Ab7M G7sus4 C Bb He showed them how they too could make such a fire with their own two hands C Bb With their own two hands A G#m Well the priests and the preachers they heard of this man F#m7 Bm7 F# How his teachings of fire quickly spread through the land D E A G#7(b13) They feared such a power ought not rest in the hands of plain men C#m7 G# So they conspired to end him in secret you see D# A# D# Fm But the people wanted answers so quite cleverly they built a shrine and throne D# Fm For the man the wood and the stone C Bb People worshiped on C Bb But oh the flame was gone Am D Am E7sus4 And they were taught "man is evil he must do as the law requires F6 D Am And he must never but never play with fire