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