Tom: Bm

Intro: Em Em7 C D ( D9 )

Bm7
We set out in the Spring =
                                 D
With a trunkful of books about everything.
Bm7
About solar devices
                     D
And how nice natural childbirth is.
C7M/E
We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals
            B7
Through the forest glade.
C7M/E
We dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels
       B7
In the fishing pool we made.
Em                     Em7
We held hands and we exchanged bands
       C             C7M         D
And we practically lived off the land.
Bm7
You adopted a fox cub
                            D
Whose mother was somebody's coat.
Bm7
You fed him by hand, then snuggled him down
       D
In the grandfather bed, while I wrote.
C7M/E
And we grew our own maize
                        B7
And I only occasionally went into town
C7M/E
To stock up on antibiotics
                   B7
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around.
Em                              Em7
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
        C                C7M          D
And the sun went down sooner each day.

Bridge:
G Em7/F#  Em Em7  C C7M  D D9 (2x)

Bm7  D (2x)

C7M/E  B7 (2x)

Bm7
Then the leaves all fell down,
                               D
And the crops all turned brown.  It was over.
Bm7
As the first snowflakes fell
                       D
I realized all was not well in the camp.
C7M/E
The kids caught bronchitis,
                            B7
The space heater ran out of diesel,
    C7M/E
One weekend a friend from the east
                          B7
(Rot his soul) stole your heart.
Em                                Em7
I said, =D2Fuck it then, take the kids back to town,
C           C7M        D      D9
Maybe I'll see you around.=D3
G Em7/F#  Em Em7  C C7M  D D9 (2x)

       G         Em7/F#  Em         Em7
And so leaving all our hopes and dreams
       C      C7M        D      =
To the wind and the rain,
D9       G          Em7/F# =
Taking only our stash,
         Em              Em7
Left our litter and trash
    C            C7M
And set out =
D       D9 G (etc/ to fade)
On the road again.