Rock Salt and Nails Traditional As Performed by Druha Trava V1 E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EBy (022100@1)the banks of the river, where the willows hang down C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EDown (022100@1)in the hollow, where the waters run cold A (x02220@1) EIt (022100@1)was there I first listened to the lies that she told. V2 A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) scale run Now I lay on my bed and I can see her sweet face C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)past I remember, time can not erase C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)letter you wrote me, it was written in shame A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)I know that your conscience still echoes my name V3 E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Now the nights so long, your sorrows run deep C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)nothing is worse, than a night without sleep C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1) EI'll (022100@1)walk out alone and look at the sky A (x02220@1) ETo (022100@1)empty to sing, to lonesome to cry V4 E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EIf (022100@1)the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were Thrushes C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EI'd (022100@1)lie there for hours, in the chilly cold marshes C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) EIf (022100@1)the ladies were squirrels, with a high bushy tails A (x02220@1) EI'd (022100@1)fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails E A E C#m A E C#m EA E Druha Trava (Second Grass) is a Czeck blugrass band with some international success. See at www.druhatrava.com/