SONG:   Biting Your Tail
ARTIST: Iron and Wine
ALBUM:  Walking far from Home [Single]

STANDARD TUNING, NO CAPO

E (022100@1)                  
 may your eyes be wide and seeing
A (x02220@1)may your learn from the view where you're kneeling
E (022100@1)know the fear of the world that you're feeling
B (x2444x@1)is the fear of a slave

E (022100@1)may you know how the fight was started
A (x02220@1)want as much for the snake as the garden
E (022100@1)                     B (x2444x@1)wear them both like a glove
              Ethat (022100@1)you can wave

E (022100@1)may your mouth betray your wisdom
A (x02220@1)may you get what they fail to mention
E (022100@1)may your love be your only religion
B (x2444x@1)preach it to us all

E (022100@1)may you lose what you offer gladly
A (x02220@1)may you worship the time and it's passing
E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)
 stars won't ever wait for you
               Eto (022100@1)watch them fall

C#m (x13321@4) we're the smoke on a burnt horizon
A (x02220@1)we're a boat on a tide that's rising
E (022100@1)both the post and the pig you're untying
B (x2444x@1)butcher gone for the blade

C#m (x13321@4) someday we may all be happy
A (x02220@1)someday all make a face worth slapping
E (022100@1)someday we may be shocked to be laughing
B (x2444x@1)at the way you behave

E (022100@1)may your hands be strong and willing
A (x02220@1)may you know when to speak and to listen
E (022100@1)may you find every friend that you're missing
B (x2444x@1)there's no check in the mail

E (022100@1)may you end up bruised and purple
A (x02220@1)know that peace is the shape of a circle
E (022100@1)                  B (x2444x@1) 
 round and round you go
E (022100@1)biting your tail

(synth part: E A E B E)

C#m (x13321@4)we're the journey and the wind is whipping
A (x02220@1)short hands on the clock still ticking
E (022100@1)both the egg and the red fox grinning
B (x2444x@1)his belly full for the day

C#m (x13321@4)someday we may  all want nothing
A (x02220@1)and all forget that we'll get whats coming
E (022100@1)someday all say the world was something
B (x2444x@1)that we just couldnt change

E (022100@1)may your tongue be soft and wicked
A (x02220@1)know your part in the calf and the killing
E (022100@1)see straight through the captain you're kissing
B (x2444x@1)helm lose in his hand

E (022100@1)may your words be well worth stealing
A (x02220@1)put your hand on your heart while singing
E (022100@1)                  B (x2444x@1)choirs sick of the song
                     Ebut (022100@1)they still gotta stand