The Spinster's Almanac by Christine Fellows (www.christinefellows.com)
Chords by Farlen

Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   CEm    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)You're never far away from me
               F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)   G/F (120003@1)I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
   Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)     
Saturdays I go to town just to make them laugh
C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)             GG/F    Em (022000@1)I learned to drive when I was 65 years old
          C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)              GAnd (320003@1)I sit poker-straight behind the wheel

  Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           
Mother died of influenza when we kids were small
  Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                DFather (xx0232@1)never smiled again and seemed to shrink with every passing year

  Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)             CEverybody (x32010@1)sigh and put your hands on your hips
  Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)But when I get those old songs in my head
                C (x32010@1)              DI (xx0232@1)can't keep my fingers off the keys

Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   CEm    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)    
Through my research I have found all it takes to keep the chickens 
C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)  G/F (120003@1)    Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)   GLaying (320003@1)eggs is opera or Gershwin played at low volumes on dad's old radio
C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)   F (133211@1)
One concession for the hens destined for slaughter:
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)     G/F (120003@1)     EmI (022000@1)read them poetry, they like the Yeats the best
             C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)frankly, so do I

Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)           CWho (x32010@1)wouldn't like to wake up on the Isle of Innisfree
Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)To muck about that bee-loud glade like he?
Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
        Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)             DWhat's (xx0232@1)good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for you and me

Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   CEm    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)You're never far away from me
               F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)   G/F (120003@1)I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
   Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat

Farlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.