Intro: G C G C F C Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting C F C Heʼs deep in the forest so wild G G7 And he cannot take his wife with him F C He cannot take his child Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting Through the quicksand and the clay And a woman cannot follow him Although she knows the way G Am Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting F G Through the silver and the glass C E7 Am Where only greed can enter F C G But spirit, spirit cannot pass Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting For the beast heʼll never bind And he leaves a baby sleeping And his blessings all behind Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting And heʼs lost his lucky charm And heʼs lost the guardian heart That keeps the hunter from the harm Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting He asked me to say goodbye And he warned me not to stop him I wouldnʼt, I wouldnʼt even try
