Ray Lamontagne

Winter Birds(Tabs)

Ray Lamontagne

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                 It's the Widow    now that owns that angry plow, 
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                 The Spartan Mule             and The Crippled Cow. 
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                 The fal      low      field that will yield      no more. 
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                as the fox  lay sleeping 'neath her kitchen floor. 
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The stream can't contain such the withering rain, 

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From the pasture, the fence it is leaning away. 

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The clouds crack and growl like some great cat on the prowl. 

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Crying out, 'I am, I am' over and over again. 

                The days grow short as the nights grow long. 
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                The kettle sings its tortured songs. 

Dmaj7                                            Gm 
                A many petaled kiss I place upon her brow. 

      Oh, my lady,                             lady I am loving you now. 
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              The Winter Birds                 have come back    again. 
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                 Here the sprightly chickadee, gone now is the Willow Wren. 
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Gmaj7                                                C 
In passing, greet each other as if old, old friends. And to the voiceless 

Gmaj7                              D 
trees, it is their own they will lend. 

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                The kettle sings its tortured songs. 

Dmaj7                                                   Gm 
                A many petaled kiss I place upon her brow. 

   Oh, my lady,                              lady I am loving you now. 
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        all these                  things                        will 
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          change, 
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        Gmaj7          D 
the memories will    remain. 

As green to gold              and gold                       to brown, 
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     the leaves will fall to feed the ground. 

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      And in their fall    ing make no sound. 

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Oh,      my la          dy,       lady I    am loving you now. 

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        I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town 

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        to buy             my lady a long and flowing gown. 

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'Cause come tomorrow morning we're off to the county fair. 

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I'll find a yellow flower and I will lace it in her hair. 

       Oh,       my la  dy,          lady I         am loving you now. 
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Written by Ray LaMontagne

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