Key: G
Introduction: Em Em7 C D
Bm7
We set out in the Spring =
D
With a trunkful of books about everything.
Bm7
About solar devices
D
And how nice natural childbirth is.
C7+/E
We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals
B7
Through the forest glade.
C7+/E
We dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels
B7
In the fishing pool we made.
Em Em7
We held hands and we exchanged bands
C C7+ D
And we practically lived off the land.
Bm7
You adopted a fox cub
D
Whose mother was somebody's coat.
Bm7
You fed him by hand, then snuggled him down
D
In the grandfather bed, while I wrote.
C7+/E
And we grew our own maize
B7
And I only occasionally went into town
C7+/E
To stock up on antibiotics
B7
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around.
Em Em7
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
C C7+ D
And the sun went down sooner each day.
G Em7/F# Em Em7 C C7+ D D9(2x)
Bm7 D(2x)
C7+/E B7(2x)
Bm7
Then the leaves all fell down,
D
And the crops all turned brown. It was over.
Bm7
As the first snowflakes fell
D
I realized all was not well in the camp.
C7+/E
The kids caught bronchitis,
B7
The space heater ran out of diesel,
C7+/E
One weekend a friend from the east
B7
(Rot his soul) stole your heart.
Em Em7
I said, =D2Fuck it then, take the kids back to town,
C C7+ D D9
Maybe I'll see you around.=D3
G Em7/F# Em Em7 C C7+ D D9(2x)
G Em7/F# Em Em7
And so leaving all our hopes and dreams
C C7+ D
To the wind and the rain,
D9 G Em7/F#=
Taking only our stash,
Em Em7
Left our litter and trash
C C7+
And set out =
D D9 G(etc.
On the road again.