Tom: D
Introdução: Em7(11)
D A
This is the calendar
D Em7(11)
These are the dates
D A D Em7(11)
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em7(11)
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
D A Bm D
We left our homes in the spring sunshine
D A Bm D
Things came alive when I knew they weren't mine
D A Bm D
Falling in line didn't matter at all
D A Bm D
We knew we'd go when we each heard the call
D A
This is the calendar
D Em7(11)
These are the dates
D A D Em7(11)
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em7(11)
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
D A Bm D
The pylons found fault lines to run through the heart
D A Bm D
The heart of the land beat with odd fits and starts
D A Bm D
So they ran round the oldest and grey of the hills
D A Bm D
So as to let the old die without power or pills
D A
This is the calendar
D Em7(11)
These are the dates
D A D Em7(11)
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em7(11)
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
D A Bm D
Dublin to Cork though you never heard told
D A Bm D
There's a line of good men with eyes wet and bold
D A Bm D
Where they weep for the crows bearing twigs for the nest
D A Bm D
Changing the shape of the trees they loved best
D A
This is the calendar
D Em7(11)
These are the dates
D A D Em7(11)
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em7(11)
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
D A Bm D
The ghost of O'Donahue scared not the lad
D A Bm D
Who in desert respect lost the smile he borne glad
D A Bm D
Sat quite chief and folorn and pitched with the spectre
D A Bm D
Escaped all exhaustions and prayers from the rector
Bm D Em7(11) D
And with glancing devout pulled a frown from his sack
Bm D Em7(11) A
Weighed with loaves from the oven and ale from the rack
D A
This is the calendar
D Em7(11)
These are the dates
D A D Em7(11)
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em7(11)
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
D2 A
In the last days of my life
Em7(11) D2
Oh I won't know whether to laugh or cry
D2 A
In the last days of my life
Em7(11) D2
Oh I won't know whether to laugh or cry