Beggar at the Feast

Original tune(lyrics only)

	A	G
And there were	wine and women and	song,

	D	G
And the	glory of the	road.

	Am	D
But for	all that he	found there,

	E	G	D
His he	art did not	unfold.

	Am	D
He res	cued a maiden	fair,

	F	G
The dra	gons all	lay slain,

	D	Am
She took	him home	to father,

	F	G
And it's	there he	remained.

	A	G
And there were	wine and women and	song,

	D	G
And the	glory of the	court.

	Am	D
But for	all that he	found there,

	E	G	D
His he	art still came up	short.

	Am	D
For he	was blindly	seeking

	C	E
What	was his all	along.

	A	G
But it	took him time to	find his heart,

	E	G	D
Took	years to hear his	song.

	D	Am
One night	as they sat	feasting

	F	G
He heard	a minstrel	play:

	Am	D
There was	a little	beggar man

	F	G
Who came	from far	away.

	C	G
And he	jumped up on the	table,

	C	G
He	tried to sing	along,

	D	Am
It sho	cked the	court,

	E	G	D
But finally, he	knew where he'd gone	wrong.

	A	G
And there were	wine and women and	song,

	D	G
But it	was the last	he sought.

	Am	D
And he	went to take up the min	strel's life,

	E	G	D
To learn	the tunes he	taught.

	A	G
And there were	wine and women and	song,

	D	G
In the	taverns and the	bars.

	Am	D
Some	times you take the	longest path

	E	G	D
To	wind up where you	are.

Yes, I've definitely got a thing about cyclical bard stories ...