A5
I married my wife on the day of the eclipse
D5
Our friends awarded her courage with gifts
A5
Now as the nights grow longer and the season shifts
G5
I look to my sorrowful wife
       F5       G5           A5
Who is quietly tending her flowers
       F5       G5
Who is quietly tending her.....


(played over piano solo) 
A5 - D5 - A5 - D5 - F5 - G5 - A5 - D5 - A5 - D5


A5
The water is high on the beckoning river
D5
I made her a promise I could not deliver
A5
And the cry of the birds sends a terrible shiver
G5
Through me and my sorrowful wife
       F5            G5         A5
Who is shifting the furniture around
       F5            G5
Who is shifting the furniture around


(played over piano solo) 
A5 - D5 - A5 - D5 - F5 - G5 - A5 - D5 - A5 - D5


A5
Now we sit beneath the knotted Yew
D5
And the bluebells bob around our shoes
A5
The task of remembering the telltale clues
G5
Goes to my lovely, my sorrowful wife
       F5            G5           A5
Who is counting the days on her fingers
       F5            G5              D5
Who is counting the days on her.....
            A5
Come on and help me babe
        D5
Come on now
A5
Help me babe
      D5
I was blind
F5   
The grass here grows long and high
G5
Twists right up to the sky
A5                   D5
White clouds roll on by
                A5
Come on now and help me babe
      D5
I was blind
        A5
I was a fool babe
      D5
I was blind
Come on now
  F5
A loose wind last night blew down
  G5
Black trees bent to the ground
      A5                   D5
Their blossoms made such a sound
That I could not hear myself think babe
Come on now
And help me babe
Help me now
I was blind
I was a fool