Joan Baez - Long bed from kenya

See^C the Redtail on her^G perch upon the fen^Amcepost, ^{F C} Highway 40 roll on by. ^{G C} If I could reac^Gh across the distance fo^Amr a moment, ^{F C} I'd steal the sadne^Gss from her eyes. ^C 2. ^C It's February^G and the weather's cl^Amear for driving, ^{F C} how I've missed your Tennessee. ^{G C} The morning sun just ^Gstole the shadows from the^Am mountains, ^{F C} and the years ^Gaway from me. ^C

^G Yes I've changed and I knew that I was ^Fable, ^{C G} but you still look ^Ethe same to me. ^{Am F} And your eyes ar^Ge just as blue across the^C table, ^{Am C} as the sky ^Gin Tennessee. ^C

Th^Cis old farm is ne^G'er so big as I rememb^Amer, ^{F C} now the fields are burned and brown. ^{G C} The Pigeon River's ^Grunning deeper than Dec^Amember, ^{F C} where the Winter s^Gnows lay down. ^C How you love your hou^Cse and this long b

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ed^G sent from Keny^Ama, ^F and the tellin^Cg of the story of the woman you met there. ^G She's a darkhai^Cred beauty - my hair'

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s ^Gonly growing thinn^Amer, ^{F C} and my threads a^G little bare. ^C

^G Yes I've changed and I knew that I was ^Fable, ^{C G} but you still look ^Ethe same to me. ^{Am F} And your eyes ar^Ge just as blue across the^C table, ^{Am C} as the sky ^Gin Tennessee. ^C

In ^Cthe silence ^Ghear the years, we dare n^Amot speak of, ^{F C} let this arrow pass on through. ^{G C} And I'll be gone ^Gbefore my heart has met ^Amresistance, ^{F C} like you hoped^G that I would do. ^C

See ^Cthe Redtail turn h^Ger wing tow^Amard the moun^Ftain, ^C God there's sunlight in your smile. ^{G C} If I could reac^Gh across the dista^Amnce for a mome^Fnt, ^C I'd steal her memory ^Gfrom your eyes. ^C

^G Yes I've changed and I^F knew that I was able^C, ^G but you still look ^Ethe same to me. ^{Am F} And your eyes ar^Ge just as blue across the^C table, ^Am C. G C Than the sky in Tennessee (bis)