CGFC C G F C What a hideous forest surrounded Whitehaven Em Am F G Twisted black mountains, wolves howled in madness C G F C Never I ventured beyond the stone tower Em Am F G C As dusk spread her black wings at the edge of the dark wild wood C G F C But one windy evening, gathering timbers Em Am F G Under white elm trees in shadows, I saw her C G F C The darkest of beauties with her basket of cherries Em Am F G C C/B The wind at her black skirt like the hands of the wild dark wood AFG |----------------------------------------5-7-8-| |-5h6-5--5h6-5--5h6-5--5-6-6h8-6--6-8--8-------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| C G F C She turned in her terror, a madness possessed us Em Am F G In shadow she clawed me, we screamed in the brambles C G F C Hunters came running with torches and axes Em Am F G C Treetop to treetop, flames tore through the dark wild wood C G F C Back down they dragged us past the stone towers Em Am F G The church bells were ringing, the sky screamed in flashes C G F C But we stood in the churchyard laughing like jackals Em Am F G Am As the stone towers tumbled and bowed to the wild dark wood Am |-5h7-5-5h7-5-5h7-5-0-0-5-| |-5h7-5-5h7-5-5h7-8---5-| |-------------------------| |-----------------------| |-------------------------|x3|-----------------------| |-------------------------| |-----------------------| |-------------------------| |-----------------------| |-------------------------| |-----------------------|