CAPO 3 Amajb5, A5 Amajb5, A5 Amajb5 A5 my heart became a drunken runt A5 A5 on the day i sunk in this shunt A5 to tap me clean Asus2b5 of all the wonder A5 and the sorrow i have seen A5 since i left my home Amajb5, A5 my home on the old milk lake A5 A5 where the darkness does fall so fast A5 it feels like some kind of mistake A9b5 A5 just like they told you it would A5 just like they told you it would E5 E5 when i came into my land E5 E5 i did not understand E5 Eaug neither dry rot or the burn pile or the bark beetle or the dry well E5 E5 or the black bale B5 but there is another E5 who is a little older G#5 when i broke my bone, E5 he carried me up from the riverside B5 to spend my life in spitting distance E5 of the love that i have known G#5 i must stay here E5 in an endless eveningtide B5 and if you come and see me E5 you'll upset the order G#5 you cannot come and see me E5 for i set myself apart B5 but when you come and see me E5 in California G#5 ( F#5 ) B5 you cross the border of my heart B5 B5 well, i have sown untidy furrows 'cross my soul E5 E5 but i am still a coward B5 B5 content to see my garden grow so sweet E5 E5 ( F#5 ) and full of someone else's flowers G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 sometimes i can almost feel the power ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 sometimes i am so in love with you ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 like a little clock that trembles on the edge of the hour ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 only ever calling out "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" ( F#5 ) Amajb5 when i called you A5 you little one A5 in a bad way A5 did you love me? do you spite me? A5 time will tell A9b5 A5 if i can be well A5 and rise to meet you rightly E5 E5 when moving across my land E5 E5 brandishing themselves like a burning branch E5 Eaug advance the tallow-colored, wall-eyed deer E5 E5 quiet as gondoliers B5 E5 well, i wait all night for you in California G#5 watching the fox pick off my goldfish E5 from their sorry, golden state B5 E5 (4) and i am no longer afraid of anything G#5 E5 save the life that here awaits B5 i don't belong to anyone B5 E5 E5 my heart is heavy as an oil drum B5 and i don't want to be alone B5 E5 E5 my heart is yellow as an ear of corn B5 and i have torn my soul apart B5 E5 E5 from pulling artlessly with fool commands G#5 ( F#5 ) some nights i just never go to sleep at all E5 and i stand ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 shaking in the doorway like a sentinel, all alone ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) bracing like the bow upon a ship E5 and fully abandoning ( F#5 ) G#5 any thought of anywhere but home ( F#5 ) E5 my home ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 sometimes i can almost feel the power ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 and i do love you ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 is it only timing that has made it such a dark hour ( F#5 ) G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 only ever chiming out "cuck-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo" F#5 *stabs* G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 ( F#5 ) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 ( F#5 ) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 ( F#5 ) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a G#5 ( F#5 ) E5 ( F#5 ) cu-ckoo, cu-ckoo, koo, ha-a, ha-hour, ha-a, ha-a Amajb5 my heart A5 i wear you down A5 i know A5 gotta think straight keep a clean plate A5 keep from wearing down A9b5 A5 if i lose my hay A5 just where am i going to lay? G5 A5 F5 G5 A5 for it has half who need to be hanging around G5 A5 F5 G5 A5 Here among the Daphne blooming out of the big ground G5 A5 F5 G5 A5 i'm a native too, but i'm overgrown G5 A5 F5 G5 A5 i am sure my roots are near here as rich as rope G5 F5 here down A5 in California