A Curious Tale

[bnewman]

One of the catchiest tunes from The Secret of Mana.  I spent a long time working on the instrumental sections, and only wrote the lyrics afterwards.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "A Curious Tale" from The Secret of Mana by Hiroki Kikuta

listen to this song
 

/ A G FG -A / A G FG A2A / 1st / A G FG A /

 

Step right up and hear the tale

Of a man who sailed the world around

Walked the sands of a hundred lands

And returned to tell you their stories

 

I've been here and I've been there

I've been tempest-tossed and lost and found

I've been almost everywhere

And I tell a curious tale

 

/ G - F - / / Em - D2 - / F - Bb - / D6 - E - /

 

But you, young sir, do I infer

You have a tale of your own?

Those curious eyes reflect the skies

Of all the places you've flown...

 

Mystic springs... dragon wings...

From across the sea to the Mana Tree

And beyond... rising like the dawn...

And every day a new adventure...

 

Step right up and lend an ear

To three heroes who might save us all

Restore the seeds of the Mana Tree

And bring her back to her glory

 

They didn't know what they'd begun

But they answered when they heard the call

And all the daring deeds they've done

Will make quite a curious tale!

 

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