Key: A
Introduction: Am Em G Am Em G
Am Em G
The man who never was
Am Em G
Painted images of freedom
Am Em G
He never sold a lot
Dm C G
It wasn't what his public wanted
Am
Still glides the stream
Am Em G
He played in scenes from dreams
Am Em G
Ignored his friends' divisions
Dm C G
Cleaned our dirty streets well
Dm C G
And worked to make things clearer
Am G F
Still glides the stream
F G Am
Still glides the stream
Am G F
Still glides the stream
C7M
All the colours that he saw
Bb
The windmills by the banks
G7M
And the journey he'd made
Bb
Saw his footprints in the sand
Dm C G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
Dm C G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
Dm C G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
Dm C G
Yes, he knew it was sooner or later
Am Em G
Be careful with what you ignore
Am Em G
Look for greatness in the small
Am Em G
For the man who never was
Am Em G
Still knows what his public needed
Am Em G
Yes, he knows what his public needed
Am G F
Still glides the stream
F G Am
Still glides the stream
Am G F
Still glides the stream
Am G F G
Raised in the time of darkness
Am G F G
The ancients in his hair
Am G F G
Born in the thunder and lightning
Am G F G Am G F G
The man who was never there
Am G F G
Still glides the stream
Am G F G
Still glides the stream