Capo 5 G5 D5 G5 Write a song for me, my love C5 G5 With your heart in your pen D5 C5 Your poetry and a broken verse D5 The air that I breathe C5 G5 D5 G5 And your golden words G5 D5 G5 Sing a song for me, my love C5 G5 With your heart in your lungs D5 C5 To carry your voice across the prairies D5 And over the mountains C5 And back home to me G5 , D5 , G5 , C5 , G5 , D5 , C5 , D5 , C5 , G5 , D5 , G5 G5 D5 G5 And I'll sing a song for you, my love C5 G5 And the birds will all know D5 C5 And I'll carry my heart through the shivering leaves D5 C5 G5 D5 G5 And over great lakes and inland sea D5 C5 G5 D5 G5 And we'll carry my heart back home to thee