| G | Bm | C | D7 | |
| Thrown like a star in | my vast sleep I | open my eyes to t | ake a peep |
| G | Bm | C | D7 | |
| To find that I was | by the sea | gazing with tran | quility |
| F | C | G | |
| 'Twas | then that the Hurdy G | urdy Man came s | inging songs of love |
| F | C | G | D7 | G | |
| Then when the Hurdy G | urdy Man came | singing songs | of | love |
| Chorus |
| F | C | G | D7 | G | |
| Hurdy gurdy hur | dy gurdy hurdy | gurdy gurdy | he | sang (rpt 3 times) |
| F | C | G | G |
| Histories of ages past unenlightened shadows cast |
| Down through all eternity the crying of humanity |
| 'Tis then that the Hurdy Gurdy Man comes singing songs of love |
| Then that the Hurdy Gurdy Man comes singing songs of love |
| Rpt chorus |
| Rpt 1st line of chorus ad lib to end |