Say Valley Maker

	  		
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Chord patterns: 
       C                       Am 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Db|------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2--| 
Ab|----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----| 
Eb|--3-----3-----3-----3-------5-----5-----5-----5------| 

     F                        C+ 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------| 
Db|------3-----3-----3-----3-------2-----2-----2-----2--| 
Ab|----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----| 
Eb|--5-----5-----5-----5-------4-----4-----4-----4------| 




Intro: C 

         C 
With the grace of a corpse 
     Am 
In a riptide, 
      C 
I let go 
      Am 
And I slide, slide, slide 
    C 
Downriver 
        Am 
With an empty case 
      C 
By my side 
    Am 
An empty case 
       C 
That's my crime 
      F 
And I sing (Say, valley maker!) 
             C 
To keep from cursing 
      F 
And I sing (Say, valley maker!) 
             C 
To keep from cursing 
      Am         C 
River old, river end 
      Am         C 
River old, river end 
      Am          C 
River gone, river bend 
F 
Take me to the sweet valley 
                 C 
Where your heart bloom, bloom, blooms 
F 
Take me to the sweet valley 
                    C 
Where your heart is covered with dew 
(2 extra measures of C) 
C+                   Am 
 And when the river dries 
C (double length) 
Will ya bury me in wood? 
C+                    Am 
 And where the river dries 
C (double length)          C+ 
Will ya bury me in stone? 
Am (3x length) 
And I never realized... death is what it meant... 
                 C 
to make it on my own 
     F 
Cuz there is no love, 
                  C 
Where there is no obstacle 
     F 
And there is no love 
                  C 
Where there is no bramble 
     F 
And there is no love 
                   C 
On the hacked-away plateau 
     F 
And there is no love 
         C 
In the unerring 
     F (double length) 
And there is no love 
                C 
On the one true path 
        Am (double length) 
Well, I cantered out here, 
                  C/G      Dm/A 
Now I'm galloping back 

C/G                            Dm/A 
So bury me in wood, and I will splinter 
C/G                          Dm/A 
Bury me in stone, and I will quake 
C/G                          Dm/A 
Bury me in water, and I will geyser 
C/G                            Dm/A 
Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna phoenix 
          C/G      Dm/A 
I'm gonna phoenix 

C/G    Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/G)