Richard Shindell - So says the whippoorwill

The ^Cchange could hap^Fpen any day^{C F} So says^G the whippoorwill^C It hangs 'round for^F the seeds I ^Cleave Out ^Fon^Dm the window^Gsill ^F "Be-free-you-^Cfool, be-^Dmfree-you-fool^C" She ^Fsings

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all ^Dmafternoon ^{G C} Then, as if to show me ^Fhow it's ^Cdone ^F She leaps ^Ginto the ^Cblue ^{F C F}

And the ^Cchange could hap^Fpen any ^Cday ^F So say ^Gall the ^Cguards In the prison I have ^Fbuilt a^Cround ^F

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My so^Dmlitary ^Gheart ^F I tell my^Cself that ^DmI'm al^Cright That it's ^Fnot

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so ^Dmbad a place ^{G C} The truth is, that I'm just ^Fscared to ^Cdeath ^F Of walking ^Gthrough that ^Cgate ^{F C F}

And the ^Cchange could hap^Fpen any ^Cday ^F So say ^Gmy true love's ^Ceyes They see into ^Fmy shado^Cws With their ^Fsw

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e-^Dmet, forgiving^G light ^F She smiles and ^Csays, "Come ^Dmon, let's ^Cgo Let's ^Fst

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ro^Dmll the boule^Gvard. ^C It's such a shame^F to waste the ^Cnight ^FJust sitting ^Gin the ^Cdark"

And the change could hap^Fpen any ^Cday ^F Or so sa^Gys Father ^CBrown I listen for that ^Fstill small ^Cvoice But I ^Fjust

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can't ^Dmmake it ^Gout ^F Beneath the ^Cconstant ^Dmwhisper^Cing Of the ^Fde

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vil ^Dmthat ^CI ^Gknow But ^Cwho would I ^Gbe, if ^FI be^Clieved? Who ^Fam I, ^Gif I ^Cdon't?

And the change could happen ^Fany ^Cday ^F So sa^Gid the mountai^Cneer Before he turned to ^Fface his ^Ccliff With^F--

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--^Dmout a trace of^G fear Yodel-^Fay-he-^Coh, yodel-^Dmay-he-^Choo He ^Fsang

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right ^Dmup ^Cun^Gtil He ^Ccaught sight ^Gof that ^Fopen ^Cblue And be^Fcam^Ge a whippoor^Cwill He ^Ccaught sight ^Gof that ^Fopen ^Cblue And be^Fcam^Ge a whippoor^Cwill