Passing Afternoon
Iron And Wine.
Yeah, well here it is. It's easy but still nice to have all typed up.
Love always,
chrismagowan@hotmail.com
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DThere (xx0232@1)are times that walk from you Like some passing afternoon
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ESummer (022100@1)warmed the open window Of her honeymoon
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she chose a yard to burn But the ground remembers her
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) EWooden (022100@1)spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DThere (xx0232@1)are things that drift away Like our endless numbered days
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) EAutumn (022100@1)blew the quilt right off the Perfect bed she made
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she's chosen to believe In the hymns her mother sings
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ESunday (022100@1)pulls it's children from the Piles of fallen leaves
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DThere (xx0232@1)are sailing ships that pass All our bodies in the grass
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ESpringtime (022100@1)calls her children 'til she Let's 'em go at last
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she's chosen where to be Though she's lost her wedding ring
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ESomewhere (022100@1)near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DThere (xx0232@1)are things we can't recall Blind as night that finds us all
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) EWinter (022100@1)tucks her children in her Fragile china dolls
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)my hands remember hers Rolling around the shady ferns
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ENaked (022100@1)arms are secrets still like Songs I'd never learned
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DThere (xx0232@1)are names across the sea Only now I do believe
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ESometimes (022100@1)with the window closed She'll sit and think of me
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)she'll mend his tattered clothes And they'll kiss as if they know
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)
A baby sleeps in all our bones So scared to be alone
