Ray Lamontagne - Winter birds
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Winter Birds by Ray Lamontagne
Album: Gossip in the Grain
By: Ryan Lecher
Just a quick one to give some of you an idea…find the strum pattern out yourself
Song is tuned down a step and in Drop C I believe…
So basically drop D tuning tuned down a step
Chords: Please use these as a reference since I am not sure if they are labeled correctly below
F F F F* C/E G/F# G/F D
--2--3--0--3---3---2-----3----0----------------------------------------|
--3--0--1--1---0---2----------2----------------------------------------|
--2--4--0--0---0---2-----3----2----------------------------------------|
--0--0--2--2---0---0-----0----2----------------------------------------|
--------3--3---2---------5----0----------------------------------------|
-----5-------------------5---------------------------------------------|
Intro/Outro Chords: Listen for the strumming pattern and incorporate the open E string when needed
---7---5-----7---3---2------------------------------------|l
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---7-s-6-----7-s-4-s-2------------------------------------|l
---0---0--0--0---0---0------------------------------------|l
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FIt's the Widow now that owns that angry Fplow,
F* C/E F
The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow
FThe fallow field that will Fyield no more,
F* C/E F
As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor
FThe stream can't contain such the wiFthering rain,
F* C/E F
And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away
FThe clouds crack and growl
Like some grFeat cat on the prowl
F* C/E F
Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again
G/F#The days grow short
C/FAs the nights grow long
G/F#The kettle sings its C/Ftortured song
G/F#As many petalled kiss I C/Fplace upon her brow,
FOh, myF lady, LFady I am Floving yoFu now
The winter birds have come back again,
Here the sprightly Chickadee
Gone now is the Willow Wren
In passing greet each other as if old, old friends
And to the voiceless trees
It is their own they will lend
The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings its tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now
FAnd though all these things will chaFnge,
F The memories will Fremain
DAs green to gold, and Fgold to brFown
DThe leaves will fall toF feed the groFund
DAnd in their falling, mFake no souFnd
FOh my lFady
FLady IF am loving yoFu now
I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town,
To buy my lady a long and flowing gown
'Cause come tomorrow morning
We're off to the county fair
I'll find a yellow flower
And I will lace it in her hair