Key: D
Introduction:
F#m C#7M
Once there was a boy who left the bed he slept in.
F#m C#7M
And he ran away 'cause he felt life was cruel.
Dm Bm
A killer of fools was walking close behind him.
F#m C#m F#
The boy was afraid that he'd be thought a fool.
D Bm
Oh the foolkiller is a giant they say.
D G D D7
He chops down a fool and he goes on his wa-ay-ay.
G F#m G F#m
Better runaway boy was a runaway boy.
G A F#m
Very much like you.
So he climed the hills and roamed the woods and valleys.