INTRO:
C, D, Bb, Ebmaj7,
Cm, F, Bb, Gm,
Am7, Ab, F, CAm7, Ab, F, CCD
we picked our way
BbEbmaj7
down to the beach
CmFBbGm
watching the waves dragging out of our reach
Am7AbFC
tangling tails like a sodden sheet
Am7AbFC
dangling entrails from the gut of the- sea
CD
hoarding our means
BbEbmaj7
alfalfa and rose
CmFBbGm
trying not to catch the cold eye of the gulls
Am7AbFC
i hope mother nature has not overheard
Am7AbFC
though she doles out hurt like a puking bird
C, F, C, FAm7, Ab, F, CC, F, C, FAm7, Ab, F, C
Lalala…
CE
stayed for the winter
DF#mCEm
no one told us about the laws of the land
BbDm
i hold my own
CE
but you with your hunger
DF#mCEm
you on the other hand
BbDm
make yourself known
CD
and when we were found
BbEbmaj7
i know we both grieved
CmFBbGm
my heart made the sound of snow falling from eaves
Am7Ab
you and me, bess
FC
we were as thick as thieves
Am7Ab
so i swore nonetheless
FC
up and down it was only me
CD
so they took me away
BbEbmaj7
and after some time
CmF
studying my case
BbGm
must've made up their minds
Am7AbFC
by the time you realized i was dying
Am7Ab
must've been too late
FC
i believe you were not-uh lying
C, F, C, FAm7, Ab, F, CC, F, C, FAm7, Ab, F, C
Lalala…
CEDF#mCEm
it is the day i wake with my ears cocked up like a dawn
BbDm
like everyday, of course
CEDF#m
yanked by my wrist to the sugar front courtyard
CEm
nah tell me what have i done
BbDm
seems i have stolen a horse
CE
and escaped to the gallows
DF#mCEm
who do you think that you are
BbDm
arching your hooves like a queen
CEDF#mCEm
in the shallow gutter that line the boulevards
BbDm
crowded with folks who just
CD
stare as i hang
BbEbmaj7
it's all the same
CmF
kindness comes over me
BbGm
what was your name
Am7Ab
it makes no difference
FC
I'm glad that you came
Am7AbFC
forever i'll listen to your gla-a-d name