Emmy the Great - Gabriel

^Cgabriel this is the ^Glast ^Amchapter of our corres^Empondence ^Fi hope that after time goes ^Cpast ^Fyou can remember me with ^Gfondness

^Ci think as i am thinking ^Gnow ^Amof all the pages that have ^Emseen us ^Flaid out an ending in ^Cbetween us ^Fand we can walk them like the ^Gground

^Fi know my fate i do not mean to ^Gfight ^Cbut you tread ^C/Bsoftly on the ^Amground tonight ^Ftread softly on the ^Gwords you used to ^Cwrite

^Coh gabriel i see you ^Gthere ^Amthat day i met you in the ^Emorchard ^Fand i was younger then i wore my ^Chair ^Fin bows across my ^Gforehead

^Csoon they will twist it at the^G shoulder ^Amand fix it with clasps against my ^Emneck ^Fand i do not think you would know ^Cher ^Fif you could see what they ^Greflect

^Fi've seen my future in an ^Gevening dress ^Call wrapped in ^C/Btapestry and ^Amfur i guess ^Fremember me the ^Gway you knew me ^Cbest

^Coh gabriel i have ^Gkept ^Ameverything you sent me everything you ^Emput to paper b^Fut it's better to fo^Crget and fill your head with ^Fmemories think that you will ^Gthank me later

^Coh gabriel i wish that ^Gi ^Amcould pick you up and fold you like a ^Emribbon ^Fi'd hold you always and in ^Csecret ^Fin the pockets of my ^Gclothes

^Cbut this is how i live my ^Glife ^Amwith all the parts that i was ^Emgiven ^Fthis is the heart that i was ^Cgiven ^Fand what you're given can't be ^Gsold

^Fi see my future in an evening ^Gdress ^Call wrapped in ^C/Btapestry and ^Amfur i guess ^Fremember the ^Gway you knew me ^Cbest

^Fi know my fate i do not mean to ^Gfight ^Cbut you tread ^C/Bsoftly on the ground ^Amtonight ^Ftread softly on the ^Gwords you used to ^Cwrite

^Fi know my fate i do not mean to ^Gfight ^Cbut you tread ^C/Bsoftly on the ground ^Amtonight ^Ftread softly on the ^Gwords you used to ^Amwrite