F*
While in the form of the ant
     C*
The goose and the wren
           Bb*
Left the shores of Maryland
    F*
To find better oxygen
            F*
While the outcry of twenty men
               C*
Run from the nearby battalion
          Bb*
As if we avoid their light
               F*
That we might make it home tonight
     F*
And one old crook
             C*
Carries a very heavy book
                   Bb*
Friends would say 'Sir

Are you sure some good
       F*
Could come of your learning?'
             F*
And he said 'My girl gave it to me
                 C*
Just before the war
                   Bb*
I've never read a book like this before
                F*
It's giving me kind of a kind of a burning'
    C                                            F*
But if it is love then I'm not quite sure if I should keep it
     C                                              F*
But I've heard it's a part of the whole so I guess I need it
     C                                        F*
But I'll certainly be sure to stay above the ground
          C                                      F*
Lately beautiful things got a way of bringing me down
 F*
Here lie one hundred men
                C*
Fighters every one of them
           Bb*
They went into the light and oh no
       F*
They won't be home tonight

And I came upon a kid with a kite
                               C*
Despite the storms said he's gonna fly
             Bb*
So I said 'Brother
                         F*
What would your mother say?'

And he said 'Hold your tongue!
            C*
It was a present
       Bb*
And God damn I am a man
                      F*
I ain't afraid of the rain!'
     C                   F*
But what can a bystander do?
    C                                         F*
No more than watch the spidery lights take a hold of you
                C
But you know I warned you boy

You know I told you boy
               F*
I'll hold you back boy

But now I don't know but
              C
Cause in a curious kind of way
                    F*
I want to go along with you
      C*
And morning did come

I was standing struck dumb
        F*
By the man in the sun

And the only live one
         C*
Held a string from his thumb

That stretched up to the sky
            F*
Where the heron flew by

Singing 'Oh me and oh my!'
          C*
And the goose and the wren

No I have not seen them
         F*
But the water looks nice

So I dare not think twice
         C*
And I'm sure that they're fine

Very good friends of mine
         F*
Cause sometimes I can't tell

When things are unwell
        C*
By the look of the sea

Starting straight back at me
       F*
And I miss 'em I do

But I think it is true
      C*
That when the love go

It's the lovers who show
           F*
Just how lovley they are

In a song or a scar
    C*
Sincerely your friend

Write back to me, Wren
             F*
I've been thinking too much

Down here in the sand
      F*                             Bb*
The farmer stands and says 'What happened to the land?
                 C*                                      F*
It used to be fertile. It used to be good, when I was a lad.'
      F*                     Bb*
The farmer calls out to this men says
                C*                               F*
'It's getting late boys, it's best you come back in.'

(Everybody together!)
      F*                            Bb*
The farmer stands and says 'What happened to the land?
                C*                                      F*
It used to be fertile. It used to be good, when I was a lad.'
      F*                     Bb*
The farmer calls out to this men says
                C*                               F*
'It's getting late boys, it's best you come back in.'

(I love you guys!)
      F*                            Bb*
The farmer stands and says 'What happened to the land?
                 C*                                      F*
It used to be fertile. It used to be good, when I was a lad.'
       F*                    Bb*
The farmer calls out to this men says
                C*                               F*
'It's getting late boys, it's best you come back in.'

(One more time!)
       F*                           Bb*
The farmer stands and says 'What happened to the land?
                 C*                                      F*
It used to be fertile. It used to be good, when I was a lad.'
     N.C.                    N.C.
The farmer calls out to this men says
               N.C.                              N.C.
'It's getting late boys, it's best you come back in.'