The Wizard chords by Rosendale

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Gm

Intro:

Gm    Gbdim Bb/F  Eb
Cm    Bb    Cm    Dm

Verse 1:
Gm                      Gbdim
In the forest where the roads don’t go
Bb/F                 Eb
Lived a weary wizard all alone
Cm                     Bb
Mixing potions and his tonics, too
Cm                       Dm
Trying to make gold with every brew
Gm                          Gbdim
Then one night the fiercest flood had came
Bb/F              Eb
Every formula had washed away
Cm                          Bb
Desperate, he turned to the darkest tomes
Cm                     Dm
Filled with magic only evil knows

Verse 2:
Gm                  Gbdim
He cried out with a summoning spell
  Bb/F              Eb
A demon rose from beneath the well
Cm                    Bb
So pronounced was the wizard’s pain
       Cm              Dm
He was offered up a simple exchange
Gm                    Gbdim
All the gold he could ever dream
Bb/F                  Eb
For his life’s most important thing
Cm                   Bb
Without question, he signed his name
    Cm                     Dm
Not knowing there would be hell to pay

Instrumental:
Gm    Gbdim Bb/F  Eb
Cm    Bb    Cm    Dm

Verse 3:
    Gm                   Gbdim
The wizard woke once the deal was done
Bb/F                        Eb
Turned around to search for what was gone
Cm                          Bb
Still remained his life’s important things
Cm                  Dm
Plus a heavy bag of golden rings
Gm                       Gbdim
Two years later with his wealth in hand
   Bb/F                    Eb
He built the tallest cabin in the land
Cm                         Bb
Set his sights on love and found a wife
Cm                        Dm
Made their vows under the starry lights

Verse 4:
   Gm                      Gbdim
He prayed to God the demon wouldn’t take
    Bb/F              Eb
His only love for his past mistakes
Cm                   Bb
But his wife stayed alive and well
    Cm                      Dm
The wizard hoped he averted Hell
Gm                   Gbdim
Four years later she bore a child
    Bb/F               Eb
The flesh and blood of borrowed time
Cm                Bb
In his cabin they lived like kings
    Cm               Dm
Not knowing what the future would bring

Instrumental:
Gm    Gbdim Bb/F  Eb
Cm    Bb    Cm    Dm

Verse 5:
Gm                        Gbdim
Six years later from that fateful day
    Bb/F                  Eb
The demon finally came to stake his claim
    Cm                      Bb
The wizard’s most important thing in life
    Cm                          Dm
The man jumped up to shield his wife and child
   Gm                            Gbdim
He begged and pleaded, all could hear his cries
       Bb/F                   Eb
But no words could change the demon’s mind
Cm                        Bb
With a spell the wizard’s body tore
  Cm                  Dm
Into a horrid monster he transformed

Verse 6:
    Gm                   Gbdim
His bones bent backwards as he writhed
Bb/F                    Eb
Like a beast, bloodlust in his eyes
Cm                       Bb
‘Cause his life’s most important thing
       Cm                        Dm
Wasn’t wife or child, it was his sanity
   Gm                     Gbdim
He turned his gaze to his love so sweet
Bb/F                 Eb
With a mouth full of sharpened teeth
Cm                      Bb
Filled with terror, she ran with haste
Cm                          Dm
Child in hand, she left him to his fate

Instrumental:
Gm    Gbdim Bb/F  Eb
Cm    Bb    Cm    Dm

Verse 7:
Gm                    Gbdim
In the forest where nobody goes
Bb/F                      Eb
Lives a wizard that still haunts its roads
  Cm               Bb
A wicked smile and staff of oak
Cm                        Dm
Holding up what’s left of his cracked bones
   Gm                     Gbdim
He spends his days at the wishing well
Bb/F                      Eb
Mixing potions that won’t make him well
Cm                    Dm
All the riches in the world won’t quell
  Cm                  Dm
A life of pain from a deal with Hell