Augie March - The Cold Acre

Capo 2
Standard Tuning

INTRO (on piano)
   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)   Eme|---------|---------| (022000@1)B|-----1---|-----0---|
G|---2---2-|---0---0-|(repeat x2)
D|-3-------|-2-------|
A|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|

Fmaj7-Em (repeat x2)

          Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                         EmThere's (022000@1)a place I've been told, and when I grow old I may go there,
          Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                       EmI've (022000@1)been told that my family's bones may lie under the snow there,
                   C (x32010@1)                     EmAnd (022000@1)with my little bag, and with my little dog,
    F (133211@1)                                               GWho (320003@1)sleeps on my chest when he can't find a hole in a log,
           Em (022000@1)            Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)when I go, my dog will know

to leave his old fellow and find a new pillow, 
Gfar (320003@1)from the chill of the cold acre.

Fmaj7|Em

              Fmaj7Now (1x3210@1)there's a Hillydale here and a Lilydale there
              Em (022000@1)                                          Fmaj7where (1x3210@1)there's joy in the living, in voices that ring in the air
Em (022000@1)                                           CI'd (x32010@1)stay there but sooner or later I'd have to go,
              Emwhere (022000@1)I don't know,
           F (133211@1)                                              Gbut (320003@1)when a dog knows it's on him he doesn't ask why he just goes,
           Em (022000@1)             FAnd (133211@1)when I go my bones will know,

to pick up and follow the wagon that rolls 
       Gon (320003@1)the cold acre...

              CMy (x32010@1)heart is a cold acre, 
               Emin (022000@1)my chest is a cold acre,
        FI (133211@1)don't grow any good anymore though 
               GI've (320003@1)seeded my soul with
all kinds of love, that it aches so...

Fmaj7-Em (repeat x2)

SOLO
C-Em-F-G-Em-F--G-

         Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                           EmThough (022000@1)I wake from them mouthing they leave me not able to talk,
      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                                                    EmThese (022000@1)dreams are not nightmares but realms I've been choosing to walk,
               C (x32010@1)                     EmWith (022000@1)my little bag, and with my little dog,
    F (133211@1)                                           GWho (320003@1)rests on my stomach and barks at the oncoming fog,
             Em (022000@1)               FO (133211@1)but when I go, with my lot in tow,
Like a vampire carry my piece of the earth 
       Gfrom (320003@1)the place of my death to the plots of my birth...

             CMy (x32010@1)heart is a cold acre, 
               Emin (022000@1)my chest is a cold acre,
        FI (133211@1)don't grow any good anymore though 
               GI've (320003@1)seeded my soul with all kinds of love
                     Cthat (x32010@1)don't grow in a cold acre, 
                 Emnothing (022000@1)grows in a cold acre,
        F (133211@1)                                GI (320003@1)don't know any good anymore from the bad 
except there's one that you have and one that you had,
  Em (022000@1)                    FO (133211@1)grow, grow, grow, grow, grow,
                                 GAnd (320003@1)plant me in the only place I know,
That's the Cold Acre. 

Fmaj7-Em (repeat x8)