Chords
Prayer For Ruby Elm

Key: D

Introduction:

 D 
verse 1
                       D                                                                       G 
Oh may the roots reach beneath the sleeping street
                                           D                                                       A4   A 
Station in the riverbed, register what we won?t hear
                         D                                         G 
May the leaves puzzle out the canopy
                                             D                                                     A4   A 
Shake and photosynthesize everything we?re sorry for
             Bm   D                 E 
Into one long breath of air
 A   A/D   A/C# 
verse 2
                   D                                                       G 
May the ring of Tanglefoot and fibreglass
                                                         D                                                           A4   A 
Guard against the thunderstorm, cankerworms and climate change
                     D                                           G 
May the bark rub away the powerline
                                                   D                                                 A4   A 
Bandage over knots and burls, commemorate our injuries
                   Bm   D                   E 
May the hy--dro worker?s blade
                                   A     A/D   A/C# 
Be swift and precise
verse 3
                   D                                                                 G 
May the rope remember all the rhymes for knots
                                                       D                                                                 A4   A 
To lift me up and lay me down, bear the swinging weight of love
                     D                                                 G 
May the birds answer carabiner clicks
                                               D                                                 A4   A 
Carry off the tiny seeds of better ways to be alive
                 Bm   D             E 
May it all seem plausible
                           A     A/D   A/C# 
Wherever we land
               D 
May we grow