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Intro: C x8 Verse 1:
The fCarmer drove his tractor where the Csoil had been tilled planting Emcorn in rank and file from the Emsilo to the lumber mill he rCode along in silence as lCooked out past the honeysuckle Emfield watched the water turnEm turn the water wheel started thCinking about his daughter with Caffection her reaction of disEmdain the day he replaced the blue hydrEmangea with the climbing grain while her Cdisappointed sister looked on Cquiet as the snow knowing wEmell that those that know don't talk and tEmhose that talk don't know
Chorus 1:
but she Gcouldn't help but sing she Gcouldn't help but sing No, she cEmouldn't help but sing she Emcouldn't help but sing She tried but she Gcouldn't help but sing she Gcouldn't help but sing No, Emshe couldn't help but sing she Emcouldn't help but sing
Verse 2: (Repeat chords from Verse 1: C C Em Em) the tortoise in the wheelchair wrapped his forehead in a bandage with a cast they made from plaster for his phony broken leg so he'd get pushed around the sidewalk by the zookeeper's assistant with the hummingbird observing from behind the yellow flower and he flapped his tiny wings they moved so fast you couldn't see them with resentment for the tortoise which was clear by his expression but the tortoise turned and smiled with a peacefulness which proved that there's a movement in our stillness and however much we move Chorus 2: (Repeat chords from Chorus 1: G G Em Em) we're bound to stand completely still we stand completely still we all stand completely still we stand completely still Let's all stand completely still Let's stand completely still Let's all stand completely still Let's stand completely still Bridge: G D Em Em x2 Ending: (Repeat Bridge chords until end)
G come tortoise, standing Dstill go hummingbird,Em my will Em come tortoise, stumbling blind go hummingbird, my eyes come tortoise, empty hand go hummingbird, my plan come tortoise, undefined go hummingbird, my mind come tortoise, letting go go hummingbird, I know come tortoise, come and die go hummingbird, my I goodbye, I, goodbye, I goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
(End on Em chord)