Key:
Introduction:
G
To reach for the pie in the sky
Cm
Go fishing my boy!
B4
We set out in the spring
D
With a trunk full of books about everything
B4
About solar devices
D
And how nice natural childbirth is
Cº
We cut down some trees
And we trailed our ideals
B4 B
Through the forest glade
Cº
We dammed up the stream
And the kids cooled their heels
B4 B
In the fishing pool we'd made
Em Em/D
We held hands and we exchanged bands
C D
And we practically lived off the land
B4
You adopted a fox cub
D
Whose mother was somebody's coat
B4
You fed him by hand
And then snuggled him down
D
In the grandfather bed while I wrote
Cº
We grew our own maize
B4
And I only occasionally went into town
Cº
To stock up on antibiotics
B4 B
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
Em Em/D
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
C D
And the sun went down sooner each day.
G
*Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday
C
And gets two presents
D G
Daddy...come on dad
Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side
C
Of the stream and he looked at himself in the water
D
"Pathetic" he said, "That's what it is"
B4 B D
"Good morning Eeyore" said Pooh
Cº B4 B
"Oh" said Pooh, He thought for a long time
B4
Then the leaves all fell down
Our crops all turned brown
D
It was over
B4
As the first snowflakes fell
D
I realized all was not well in the camp
Cº
The kids caught bronchitis
B4 B
The space heater ran out of diesel
Cº
One weekend a friend from the East,
B4 B
Rot his soul, stole your heart
Em
I said "Fuck it then
Em/D
Take the kids back to town
C D
Maybe I'll see you around"
Am7 G
And so...leaving all our hopes and dreams
C Am7 D
To the wind and the rain
G
Taking only our stash
Am7 G
Left our litter and trash
C
And set out on the road again
G/B Am7 G
On the road again
C
On the road again
D G Em
On the road
Bye Bye Daddy, Bye Daddy
Em
You can bring Pearl she's a darn nice girl