Key:
Introduction: G D G D G D G D
D D/C# D/C D/B
Flannel, flushed, between red oak stacks
G D Em7 A
Thicket's full of fawn and clover traps
D D/C# D/C D/B
Cornmeal rising high in cast iron pans
G D Em7 A
Cattails catching all the copperheads
G A
Walk your way into the river
D Bm G
Is it feveeeer or surrender?
A
Like a quilt handing out patterns
D Bm G
Like shadoooows to measure
D
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B ---------
D D/C# D/C D/B
Ripping pages from the book of Psalms
G D Em7 A7 D
Kettle's calling out a ransom song
D D/C# D/C D/B
I shave your legs 'til the daylight's gone
G D Em A
Slowly reaching for a little more
A G A
Walk your way into the river
D Bm G
Is it feveeer or surrender?
A
Like a quilt handing out patterns
D Bm G
Like shadooows in attics
C D Bm
Oh, what elsе do (What else do, oh)
Bb
I need to move (I need to movе, oh)
D
To make room?
C D Bm
Oh, what elsе do (What else do, oh)
Bb
I need to lose (I need to lose, oh)
D
To make room?
C Bm
Oh, what else new (What else new, oh)
Bb
Could I choose [Could I choose, oh)
D
To make room?
C Bm
Oh, how else do (How else do, oh)
Bb
I use this broom (I use this broom, oh)
D
To make room?
G A
Leave this place just like you found it
D Bm G
Posts of cedar, coils of wire
A
Tangled up inside the briar
D Bm G
Like shadoooows on fire