Iron & Wine - Biting your tail
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Capo: 2
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This comes from this acoustic session that Sam did. It's a very simplified version.
Works for me, hopefully everyone else finds it helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrcPRw6yYU
Capo II
C May your eyes be wide and seeing
F May your learn from the view where you're kneeling
C Know the fear of the world that you're feeling
G Is the fear of a slave
C May you know how the fight was started
F Want as much for the snake as the garden
C Wear them both like a gGlove
That you can wCave
C May your mouth betray your wisdom
F May you get what they fail to mention
C May your love be your only religion
G Preach it to us all
C May you lose what you offer gladly
F May you worship the time and it's passing
C stars won't ever waGit for you
to watch them fCall
Am We're the smoke on a burnt horizon
F We're the boat on a tide that's rising
C Both the post and the pig you're untying
G Butcher gone for the blade
Am Someday we may all be happy
F Someday all make a face worth slapping
C Someday we may be shocked to be laughing
G At the way we behave
C May your hands be strong and willing
F May you know when to speak and to listen
C May you find every friend that you're missing
G There's no check in the mail
C May you end up bruised and purple
F Know that peace is the shape of a circle
C Round and round you Ggo
Biting your tCail
(Bridge: C F C G C)
Am We're the children and the wind is whipping
F The short hands on the clock still ticking
C Both the egg and the red fox grinning
G His belly full for the day
Am Someday we may all want nothing
F And all forget that we'll get what's coming
C Someday all say the world was something
G That we just couldn't change
C May your tongue be soft and wicked
F Know your part in the calf and the killing
C See straight through the captain you're kissing
G Helm loose in his hand
C May your words be well worth stealing
F Put your hand on your heart while singing
C Choirs sick of the sGong
But they still gotta Cstand
C G C