Capo on 4th fret
th Fret
D G D
By the banks of the river
G D G D
Where the willows hang down
Bm G
And the wild birds all warble___
D G D
With their high, lonesome sound
Bm G
Down in some hollow___
D G D
Where the waters run cold
C G
It was there I first listened
D G D
To the lies that you told
G D
If the young men were blackbirds
G D G D
The young men were thrushes
Bm G
I would lay by the hours___
D G D
In the cold rainy marshes
Bm G
If the young men were squirrels
D G D
With high bushy tails
C G
I'd fill up my shotgun
D
With rock salt and nails
Instrumental: D G D G D G D Bm G D G D
Bm G D G D C G D G D
G D
Now I lie in my bed_____
G D G D
And I see your sweet face
Bm G
The past I remember___
D G D
Time cannot erase
Bm G
The letters you wrote me__
D G D
Were written in shame
C G
And I know that your conscience
D G D
Echoes my name
G D
Lord, I lie here each night
G D G D
All alone and I weep
Bm G
Nothing ain't worse
D G D
Than a night without sleep
Bm G
I walk out alone___
D G D
Under the sky
C G
Too empty to sing
D G D
Too lonesome to cry
Instrumental: D G D G D G D Bm G D G D
Bm G D G D C G D G D
G D
If the ladies were blackbirds____
G D G D
And the young men were thrushes
Bm G
I'd lie there for hours___
D G D
In the cold rainy marshes
Bm G
If the ladies were squirrels
D G D
With high bushy tails
C G
I'd fill up my shotgun___
D G D
With rock salt and nails
C G
I'd fill up my shotgun___
D G D
With rock salt and nails
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