Em (022000@1)              Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   EmI (022000@1)caught a string full of fish down by the damn
Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)              F#m (244222@1)             B7I'll (x21202@1)drag them back to the field they should be dead by then
Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)            D (xx0232@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)   EmWipe (022000@1)the sweat off my neck and tally ho the plow
G (320003@1)              B7 (x21202@1)           CI'm (x32010@1)gonna grow a woman from the ground

Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)   DmThe (xx0231@1)night was a chalkboard with a fingernail moon
Em (022000@1)               Am (x02210@1)         F#m (244222@1)          B7If (x21202@1)the fish ain't dead yet they will be pretty soon
Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)          D (xx0232@1) Dm (xx0231@1)  EmKinda (022000@1)like the feeling at an old folks home
G (320003@1)             B7 (x21202@1)                CEven (x32010@1)though you love them you can't wait for them to go

Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   EmI'll (022000@1)call her Angelina she's a teacher I once had
Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)          F#m (244222@1)      B7A (x21202@1)halo of honey wrapped around her head
Em (022000@1)                   Am (x02210@1)              DDm    EmAnd (022000@1)she always used to give me some when I was a kid
G (320003@1)               B7 (x21202@1)          CI (x32010@1)told her that I loved her and then I went and hid

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           CI'll (x32010@1)take you into town and I'll show you off
C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)there's room on your dress for a corsage
C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)I'll open up every door for you

Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)   EmI (022000@1)opened up my almanac and in my head I read
Em (022000@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                 F#m (244222@1)         B7Cut (x21202@1)your wrist on the fins of the fish and drain all you can
Em (022000@1)              Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)     Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)           B7So (x21202@1)I rolled up my sleeves and then began to draw lines just as deep as the
C (x32010@1)days are long

Em (022000@1)          Am (x02210@1)                D (xx0232@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    EmI (022000@1)sewed up my wrist and sewed the ground with my blood
Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)                      F#m (244222@1)               B7Stained (x21202@1)up my clothes pretty good and I turned that dirt to mud
Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) EmI (022000@1)couldn't help but close my eyes and lay my body down
G (320003@1)                     B7 (x21202@1)              C (x32010@1)'Cause I heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)             CI (x32010@1)bleed for you now and I'm skinny as a rail
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)I'll be so obliged to keep you nice and warm and safe
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)      Cand (x32010@1)won't you be so proud of me