Barges

     C     Am       C            
1.   Me and my brother returned 
    Am
to the water,
    C          Em       F        
    I saw a pike that was two 
       C
feet long.
     Am        C         Am      
    Two small magicians, each 
        C
with a jam jar
   Am                C          
    cast spells on the water with 
   G              Am
hazel twig wands.

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2. Country boys catch tadpoles, 
C           Am
dive into water,
          C                Em      
    made shy by their laughter, we 
F                C
wondered down stream.
   Am                   C         
    And summer rolled o’er us with
       Am                 C
          no complications,
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    Am                    C       
    sat          thinking of Mama,
       G                Am
       sometimes in dreams.

  C                 Am       C   
3. Stand by the drawbridge 
          Am
waiting for barges,
     C         Em       F        
    waiting around for smiles 
       C
from the man.
     Am             C             
    Lifting the bridge whilst     
Am                C
  watching the horses,
     Am       C             G    
    dragging the slow boats up 
     Am
the canal.

   C       Am       C            
4. I do remember the times but no
     Am
 number,
     C           Em        
    after the day, but before 
F              C
evening comes.
      Am            C           
    Waiting for castles and       
   Am             C
kettles with roses,
      Am         C            G  
    painted on barges that sailed
           Am
 into the sun.

5. C          Am         C       
   Oh see the river run, that was
        Am
 by man begun
   C          Em         F       
   Open the lock, let the boats 
       C
sail on
   Am            C          Am   
   Taking their castles and 
        C
kettles with roses
   Am             C               
   And summers of childhood 
  G             Am
leaving smiles on the man