Standard Tuning
Capo 5


C      F       Am         F
I met Jane in September's throw
C         F             Am         F
January's grass, we let each other go
G      F       Am      F
I met Helen on March's back
G            F           C         Dm
She took my coat and she stole my hat
Am         G        C          F
I met you when the weather got fine
Am                   G        C            F
You said 'I've got yours if you've got mine'

        C         F       C      F
And the worst and best of all we knew
    Am        F           G  F     C
Stayed out to rust in the morning dew

C            F       Am         F
Didn't take long to sing our love
C             F            Am       F
Was a harvest feast, was a hand to glove
G            F                Am       F
When winter came you couldn't stand to sit
G            F           C        Dm
You just the same never burnt but lit
Am               G          C          F
With a world at war and my thoughts on you
  Am             G                 C       F
I didn't care to fall, there wasn't much to do


         C         F      C       F
And the worst and best of all we knew
 Am           F           G   F   C
Stayed out to rust in the morning dew


C         F           Am         F
Churlish May when the year was fair
C          F           Am         F
Gone full circle when things went square
G      F          Am    F
Ate my meal an un-noble beast
G            F       C         Dm
Left me to pay not a movable feast
Am         G        C          F
Look I got nothing, dunno where I am
        Am         G                C         F
Got a fistful of questions, not an answer to hand

         C         F      C       F
And the worst and best of all we knew
 Am           F           G   F   Am
Stayed out to rust in the morning dew
Am C/B C
Morning dew
       G       F        Am                F
With a blow me down the road, dead in the wood


C             F                Am         F
Further from you now, then the roots from the leaves
C             F           Am       F
Drunk on the wood, never seen any trees
G                 F            Am            F
My ore's out the water and the lake that I'm sailing
        G              F                C             Dm
Is your dear father's daughter and it's cold and I'm ailing
Am                  G               C               F
Are you drowning me slowly, was the school meant to teach
Am                 G                    C                 F
Are you leaving so slowly, where's the shore, where's the beach?

         C         F      C       F
And the worst and best of all we knew
 Am           F           G   F   C
Stayed out to rust in the morning dew