G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me
C G D
Well I guess I’ll be the shadow of that post oak tree
Em C
In the forest by your house
G
Where we used to meet
G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me
[Verse 2]
G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you
C G D
Well I hope to catch the briefest glimpse as you go passing through
Em C
As the shadow of the Lincoln
G
That we drove to school
G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you
[Bridge]
Em G
Lines will disappear as we grow darker
Em G
Darker than we planned for at the start
Em G
The light of morning will get even farther
D
Until at last
C
You can’t tell us apart.
[Verse 3]
G C D G
So if they’re going to make a shadow out of us
C G D
Casting downward to the valley like an Appalachian bluff
Em C
I was born, then I loved you
G
I guess that was enough
G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us
G C D G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us
