Intro: G# C# G# C# F# C# Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting C# F# C# Heʼs deep in the forest so wild G# G#7 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# A#m Your fatherʼs gone a-hunting F# G# Through the silver and the glass C# F7 A#m 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
