[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On a hide of land next to a wood
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From spring through to harvest a man of straw stood
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Sways with the breeze and looks over the wheat
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As the shadows of summer fall at his feet

[Chorus]
         F                          G         Am
And the wind shakes the barley and rattles the rye
      C                       G          Am
And Scarecrow looks on as the year passes by

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Burnished thisles float through the air
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you'll challange the crow with your cold lifeless stare
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And no one thinks of you through the long sunkissed days
Dm                   F          Am
Nodding away in the summertime haze

[Chorus]
         F                          G         Am
And the wind shakes the barley and rattles the rye
      C                       G          Am
And Scarecrow looks on as the year passes by

[Bridge]
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Scarecrow old scarecrow you look so forlorn
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There alone in your field of bright corn
      F                               C            G
And when all lies silent and there's no crows to scare
F                         C           G
Who lays the stalks into patterns so rare

[Chorus]
              F                             G          Am
And when the wind becomes restless and the harvest is done
         C                      G               Am
you can dance like a dervish beneath the bright sun

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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When the winter wind howls and the hearthfire burns
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From beyond the dark woodlands the wild hunt returns
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The hide lies in silence for the crows have all flown
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Wild seed and thistle to the four winds are blown

[Chorus]
      F                          G       Am
Your coat is in tatters, your straw in decay
      C                     G             Am
Your season is over you've seen the last day

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Heavy the plow that furrows the earth
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Soil rich and dark filled with seeds of rebirth
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Across the sky dances, a pattern of rain
     Dm                     F          Am
The sun in his zenith will ripen the grain

[Chorus]
F                  G       Am
And in spring when all is reborn
   C                       G         Am
A new man of straw watches over the corn

[Bridge]
  Dm                         C          G
Scarecrow old scarecrow you look so forlorn
 Dm                   C              G
There alone in your field of bright corn
      F                               C            G
And when all lies silent and there's no crows to scare
F                         C           G
Who lays the stalks into patterns so rare

[Chorus]
              F                             G          Am
And when the wind becomes restless and the harvest is done
          C                     G               Am
you can dance like a dervish beneath the bright sun

[Outro]
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