Cicada Song

C  (332010)
G  (320010)
Am (x02210)
Em (022000)

Like many of his other songs he hammers on/off the g string while playing F
and the d string while playing C. Listen to the song for timing.


[Intro]
C F (x4)

[Chorus]
F                          C                   G
Sing out sing out cicadas, they call them the chorus of the south
Am               F              C             G
Space stretching out between us now like some country mouth
Am                                Em
And the landscapes change and the clouds they cry
C                                F                            G
Babe I just want you by my side, oh I just want you by my side
C                                   F
Triangualations brought me back again
         C            G     F
and your eyes flashed up in silver string

Continues after the ad
C F (x4)

[Verse 1]
F                  C
Arapahoe County I crossed that line
       Am                              G
By the time I made it home I'd forgetten why
       F                  C              G
Like a slight toothed dog lost along the riverside
    F                                  C
The strangers in the church sing their holy hymns
        Am                     G
I got a five dollar bill and a vagrancy ticket
F                            C                        G                                     
Poem you wrote for me on the back of a receipt and it felt just like it was torn out of some
          F
 holy bible

[Bridge]
C      Am    G         F    C G
Sweet, heat, lighting falls
F      Am    G         F    C G
Sweet, heat, lighting falls

[Verse 2]
         F                           C                  Am                     G
And the shiver and the shine of your table wine left us drunk as a desert and high as the pines
       F                    C           G
By the time my boots dried out, we'd forgotten our names
      F                            C               Am                            G
And I passed your town down in San Anton, you know leaving in the evening is the loneliest
     F                     C                   G
That night she'll hunt you boy, even if you're hiding out

[Chorus]
    F                C                       G                  Am
Sing out, sing out cicadas they call them the chorus of the south
F                       C                     G
Space stretching out between us now like some country mouth
        Am                          Em
And the landscapes change, well the clouds they cry
C                                F                    C         G
Babe I just want you by my side, oh I just wanted you by my side
        C                      F
Triangulations brought me back again
      C            G    F
And I followed all your silver string

[Other]
C F (x4)
humming
C