The Dragon's Cave (FAWM 2026-3)
Words and music by Joe Ficklin

C G D Dus4 D C Among the peaks of Shkhara / Where snowcaps brush the sky G D C D Past wilderness and rivers cold / The bones of heroes lie C G D Dus4 D C For stories reached the halls of men / In palaces they've spread G D C G That all who face the dragon fierce / Are found among the dead C G D Dus4 D C Kings and ministers in robes / Sent out a new decree G D C D Gather hope and send her forth / And heroes you shall be C G D Dus4 D C Defeat the wyrm and win reward / A noble's title seek G D C G If you should best the fearsome beast / That dwells on mountain peak C G D Dus4 D C Many answered to the call / Those who wished to win G D C D And set away for Colchis Pass / Amidst the cheers they'd grin C G D Dus4 D C But miles crossing lonely plains / And weeks spent on the trail G D C D Knowing not if they'd return / And dying should they fail Am G D Dsus4 D Am Enter into the dragon's cave / And question why you're here C G D Dsus4 D Am It does not matter just how brave / Or you prepared appear Am E7 D Dsus4 D Am Can you face the dragon down / And stare into it's eyes C G D Dsus4 D Am The truth will out in dragon's cave / A dragon never lies C G D Dus4 D C He came with armor lined with gold / Sword and spear in hand G D C D He came with party loud and bold / They crossed the lonesome land C G D Dus4 D C They found the trail to dragon's cave / Lined with whitened bone G D C D And heard the torrent on the rocks / The river's ceaseless moan C G D Dus4 D C At dragon's cave he entered in / The pathway rough and dark G D C D Ad dragon's cave they entered in / As one produced a spark C G D Dus4 D C In dragon's cave they ventured down / Into the monster's den G D C D From dragon's cave not one came out / Of all the boasting men Am G D Dsus4 D Am Enter into the dragon's cave / And question why you're here C G D Dsus4 D Am It does not matter just how brave / Or you prepared appear Am E7 D Dsus4 D Am Can you face the dragon down / And stare into it's eyes C G D Dsus4 D Am The truth will out in dragon's cave / A dragon never lies C G D Dus4 D C And so it went year after year / The heroes would arrive G D C D To enter into dragon's cave / But none returned alive C G D Dus4 D C The fearsome dragon slew them each / With no regard at all G D C D Yet to this day new fools set out / Believing they can't fall C G D Dus4 D C It does not matter just how rich / Or poor or scared or brave G D C D The time will come when each must face / The test at dragon's cave C G D Dus4 D C When life is ebbing, courage fails / We stare into abyss G D C D The truth, a dragon we confront / There's no escape from this Am G D Dsus4 D Am Enter into the dragon's cave / And question why you're here C G D Dsus4 D Am It does not matter just how brave / Or you prepared appear Am E7 D Dsus4 D Am Can you face the dragon down / And stare into it's eyes C G D Dsus4 D Am The truth will out in dragon's cave / A dragon never lies