Written by Tracy Grammer
st Fret Intro: Em I didn't want to burn like this, so close to the bone C D No muscle left to carry it, this black bag of stones C D It's a black bag N.C. Em Through the August heat, the autumn rain and winter's face of blue C D These seasons keep their spinning up, but there's no sign of you C D There is no signEm Well, Richard says the whippoorwill, taught him how to go C D I tell him death is just a dream, but I don't really know Em It's everything and nothing when the spirit cracks the sky C D But flowers fold and go to seed and no one questions why C D Nobody, oh noC D And so I walk this verdant mile G G/F# C Of memory with you D The gentle arms of Eden Em D C D And the mountain get me through___Instrumental: G D G C D Em I miss you like I love the sound of blackbirds in the trees C D I sit alone and wish that maybe one of you would visit me Em But no matter how much seed I hang, what prayer I call out C D I cannot bring that bird in from the field or make an angel C D Come aroundC D And so I walk this verdant mile G G/F# C Of memory with you D The gentle arms of Eden Em D C D And the raven get me through___C D And so I walk this verdant mile G G/F# C Of memory with you D The gentle arms of Eden Em D C And the mountain get me through___D And so I walk this verdant mile G G/F# C Of memory with you D The gentle arms of Eden Em D C D C D G-D-G-D-Em And the mountain get me through______