Key: C
Introduction:
C Am6
A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road
Fm6
It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
C6/G Gm7 C7 Am6/F#
It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun
Fm7 C9/G
It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun
C7/G D7/F#
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush
Fm6 C9/G
The knot in the wood, the song of a thrush
Gm7 C7 D7/F#
The will of the wind, a cliff, a fall
Fm7 Fm6 C9/G
A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
C7/G C7 Am6/F#
It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of the slope
Fm6 C9/G
It's a beam, it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope
C/G C7/G Am6/F#
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
Fm6 C9/G
It's the end of the strain, it's the joy in your heart
Verse
C/G C Am6
The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone
Fm6 C9/G
The beat of the road, a slingshot's stone
C D7/F#
A fish, a flash, a silvery glow
Fm6 C9/G
A fight, a bet, the range of a bow
C Am6
The bed of the well, the end of the line
Fm6 C9/G
The dismay in the face, it's a loss, it's a find
C Am6
A spear, a spike, a point, a nail
Fm6 C/G
A drip, a drop, the end of the tale
Gm9/C D7/F#
A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light
Bb7/F
The shot of a gun in the dead of the night
C Am6
A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump,
Fm6 C9/G
It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps
Gm7 C9 D/C
The plan of the house, the body in bed
Fm/C C6/G
And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud
Gm/C C7 D7/C
A float, a drift, a flight, a wing
Fm9/C C
A hawk, a quail, the promise of spring
C C7/G Am6/F#
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
Fm Fm6 C6
It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart
Instrumental
F#/E Eb C Am6 Fm6 C/GGb7(5b) F Fm6 C6 C Am6 Fm6
Verse
C/G C Am6
A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe
Fm6 C6/G
It's a thorn in your hand and a cut in your toe
C Am6
A point, a grain, a bee, a bite
Fm6 C9/G
A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night
C/G Cm7 D/C
A pass in the mountains, a horse and a mule
Fm6/C C
In the distance the shelves rode three shadows of blue
C Cm7 D/C
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
Db/C C/G
It's the promise of life in your heart, in your heart
Verse
C Am6
A stick, a stone, the end of the load
Fm6 C9/G
The rest of a stump, a lonesome road
Gm7 C7 D/C
A sliver of glass, a life, the sun
Fm6 G#ยบ/C C/G
A night, a death, the end of the run
C/G Gm7 C7 D/C
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
Fm6 C9
It's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart