Will Varley - As the crow flies

^CWhen that bird fell ^Ffrom its^C nest, ^AmMe and my sister d^Fid our^C best, ^AmTo feed it earthworms ^Fevery^Cday, After s^Amchool we watched it f^Fly a^Cway,

And I m^Ciss my mother my ^Fold room and the sound of the^C rain As it f^Amell on the rooftops and r^Fan along the ^Cdrains But s^Amometimes it feels like an o^Fcean that railway ^Cline ^ESometimes it feels like we're l^Fiving in darker t^Cimes

I'm h^Ceading back^B home for a ^Fcouple of^C days I can^Am't imagine^G all that m^Fuch has ch^Canged ^AmSee that town it m^Goves with the ^Fcolour of th^Ce sky There's a face I recogni^Gse ^F As t^Ehe crow fli^Ces

Well s^Comeone's opened up a c^Fafe on the river's^C edge, I will^Am go there in the summer rent some bo^Fats out,^C we said, Those k^Amids grew up in the b^Feat of the old bass ^Cdrum, From ^Eson to father, from ^Ffather back to s^Con,

That c^Cat she used to run rings, ^Falways playing tricks on the^C dog, He'd be s^Amitting in the kitchen ro^Flling round all covered in ^Cmud, Now they're b^Amuried in the garden in the s^Fhadow of the hawthorn t^Cree, ^EFarewell travellers, may your s^Fouls always be f^Cree

Well we a^Clways get t^Bogether t^Fhis time of ^Cyear, Always w^Amish I could te^Gll them what they're ^Fwaiting to ^Chear, But w^Amho said ^Gtime moves in s^Ftraight ^Clines, At least I can say I tr^Gied, ^F As ^Ethe crow f^Clies

She said "you're ^Cdrinking too much, "I said, ^F"yes I probably ^Cam" I find it e^Amasier to forg^Fet what I can't underst^Cand Like h^Amow all those snakes m^Fade it past the lions so ^Cfast And ^Amhow the future turned so ^Fquickly into the p^Cast

Now the ^Ccafe by the^B river's all^F boarded^C up, There's an a^Amutumn wind b^Glowing through the^F old horse ch^Cestnuts, And I s^Amaw him in a d^Gream, said "he's ^Fdoing alri^Cght," I can see him in your ey^Ges ^F As t^Ehe crow fl^Gies ^{F E}As t^Fhe crow ^Cflies

But so^Cmetimes it feels like^F everything's been don^Ce before, The s^Amame ideas and the s^Fame four chor^Cds, We're still l^Ameaving in the morning for to ^Fcross the s^Cea Cos ^Amnot everything has ^Fbeen done by^C me

I r^Cemember that boy in the ^Ffading August^C light We w^Amatched that fledgling b^Fird take its first ^Cflight I h^Amope that I have d^Fone you ^Cproud And I ^Ampromise to wake u^Fp and ^Cfight

On the r^Coads that we^B travel on the ^Foceans we ^Csail, In the j^Amaws of the ^Gdragon in the b^Felly of the^C whale, Yeah I ^Amalways keep ^Gyou by ^Fmy si^Cde We'll get old and we'll get wis^Ge, ^F As t^Ehe crow f^Clies, Anywhere any time,^{G F} As ^Ethe crow f^Clies