E  0  0  0
        B  1  0  1
        G  0  0  2
        D  2  0  2
        A  3  2  0
        E     3

Standard tuning
Capo on 7

Intro:
   C             G6
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--|
D|--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0-| X2
A|-3------3--------------------|
E|---------------3------3------|
C                          G6
My mind may drift from the walls of my skin
    C                      G6
But I will not wander too far
C                               G6
For those who are pulled by the ivory sun
          C                  G6
Know that home is a labor of fire

    Am                G6
And I may have nursed their honey-bright wounds
    C             G6         Am
And cradled their rhythms to rest
            C       G6
But I am no dreamer
            C       G6    Am
I could not keep my hands clean

   C                       G6
So I will not grieve those bent to receive
C                         G6
Seeds that could never be sown
    C                     G6
And I will not lust those courtesies past
          C                        G6
They have flickered but not chosen me

    Am                          G6
And when they march by in their motherly smiles
C       G6             Am
Swaying their motherly hips
         C      G6
I cannot follow
         C    G6    Am
I cannot keep their pace

   C             G6            Am              G6
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1------1------0------0------1-1------1-------0-------0--|
G|---0------0------0------0------2--------2-------0-------0----|
D|--2-2----2-2----0-0----0-0----2-2------2-2-----0-0-----0-0---|
A|-3------3--------------------0--------0----------------------|
E|---------------3------3-----------------------3------3-------|

   C             G6            Am              G6
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1------1------0------0------1--------1-------0-------0--|
G|---0------0------0------0------2--------2-------0-------0----|
D|--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-3------3--------------------0--------0----------------------|
E|---------------3------3-----------------------3------3-------|

C                 G6
Time has a way of stealing our breath
    C                          G6
And milking the light from our pores
    C                    G6
And many will fill their oak barrel wombs
     C                   G6
With patience instead of desire

Am                 G6
One cannot curse a crow for her course
   C                G6           Am
Or choose where her feathers may fall
        C       G6
I am no swallow
        C        G6
I am no spring bird

  C             G6              C              G6           C
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----|
D|--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0---2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0---|
A|-3------3---------------------3------3--------------------3-| let it ring
E|---------------3------3---------------------3------3--------|