Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
JLC liked to use a lot of extended chords in their songs that just aren't
practical to use on the uke. This arrangement is a little different from what
you will hear if you listen to the record, but I think I've chosen
appropriate substitutions for the really big chords. If you want to play the
"interlude" section, just use the chords from the first stanza there.
Am F#° D#°
The brackish roots of river pine
EmAnchored in my Bmcurving Cspine
CBend to the wGhims of Amwind's desBmign
Am D#° Em
And I lay down at your side
Am F#° D#°
Above the brine of reds in clay
A Emswollen angel Bmoaks bouqCuet
CIn the red-winged Gblackbird's Ameyes of gBmrey
Am D#° Em
A saltwater tear resides
Am F#° Em D
But the sand and the earthen parapet
Am F#° Em Bm
Silts into this rivulet
The Gbluffs and the Bmbanks will Amsoon forgBmet
Am D#° Em
A single tear was cried
Am F#° D#°
And in this spawning ground it blooms
The Emnectar and the Bmpetal pClumes
A pCurple sGwallow Amnow exBmhumed
Am D#° Em
From the river that has died
Am F#° Em D
The crimson of ranunculus
Am F#° Em Bm
Gardenia and dianthus
The Gbloodless Bmivory Amwater-Bmlotus
Am D#° Em
Sweetly opens wide
[interlude]
Am F#° Em D
Without a voice left to sing
Am F#° Em Bm
With waterlogged and heavy wing
With Gpeaceful Bmeyes unsAmufferBming
Am D#° Em
A pigeon floats in the tide