Tom: B5 Intro: E5 E5 C5 D5 ( D5 ) B5 We set out in the Spring = D5 With a trunkful of books about everything. B5 About solar devices D5 And how nice natural childbirth is. C5 We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals B5 Through the forest glade. C5 We dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels B5 In the fishing pool we made. E5 E5 We held hands and we exchanged bands C5 C5 D5 And we practically lived off the land. B5 You adopted a fox cub D5 Whose mother was somebody's coat. B5 You fed him by hand, then snuggled him down D5 In the grandfather bed, while I wrote. C5 And we grew our own maize B5 And I only occasionally went into town C5 To stock up on antibiotics B5 And shells for the shotgun that I kept around. E5 E5 I told the kids stories while you worked your loom C5 C5 D5 And the sun went down sooner each day. Bridge: G5 E5 E5 E5 C5 C5 D5 D5 (2x) B5 D5 (2x) C5 B5 (2x) B5 Then the leaves all fell down, D5 And the crops all turned brown. It was over. B5 As the first snowflakes fell D5 I realized all was not well in the camp. C5 The kids caught bronchitis, B5 The space heater ran out of diesel, C5 One weekend a friend from the east B5 (Rot his soul) stole your heart. E5 E5 I said, =D2Fuck it then, take the kids back to town, C5 C5 D5 D5 Maybe I'll see you around.=D3 G5 E5 E5 E5 C5 C5 D5 D5 (2x) G5 E5 E5 E5 And so leaving all our hopes and dreams C5 C5 D5 = To the wind and the rain, D5 G5 E5 = Taking only our stash, E5 E5 Left our litter and trash C5 C5 And set out = D5 D5 G5 (etc/ to fade) On the road again.
