BABY BIRCH CAPO 2 C5 F5 this is the song for Baby Birch A5 F5 C5 though i will never know you C5 F5 and at the back of what we've done A5 F5 C5 there is the knowledge of you C5 F5 well, i wish we could take every path A5 F5 C5 could spend a hundred years adoring you C5 F5 yes, i wish we could take every path A5 F5 C5 because i hated to close the door on you C5 F5 do you remember staring up at the stars A5 F5 C5 so far away in their bulletproof cars? C5 F5 when we heard the rushing, slow intake A5 F5 C5 of the dark, dark water in the engine brakes? C5 F5 and i said to you, "well, how about them engine brakes?" A5 F5 C5 and if i should die before i wake, C5 F5 Will you keep an eye on Baby Birch? A5 F5 C5 because i'd hate to see her make the same mistake A5 C5 when it was dark, i called and you came A5 C5 when it was dark, i saw shapes A5 C5 when I see stars, i feel in your hand A5 C5 and I see stars, and I reel again. C5 F5 Well mercy me. I'll be goddamned. A5 It's been a long, long time F5 C5 since I last saw you. C5 F5 And I have never known the plan. A5 It's been a long, long time. F5 C5 How are you? C5 F5 Your eyes are green. Your hair is gold. A5 F5 C5 Your hair is black. Your eyes are blue. C5 F5 I closed the ranks, and I doubled back? A5 but, you know, I hated to close F5 C5 the door on you. A5 C5 We take a walk along the dirty lake. Hear the goose, A5 C5 cussing at me over her eggs. A5 You poor little cousin. C5 I don't want your dregs A5 C5 (A little baby fussing all over my legs). A5 There is a blacksmith, and there is a shepherd, and there is a butcher-boy, C5 and there is a barber, who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy. A5 I saw a rabbit, as slick as a knife, and as pale as a candlestick, C5 and I had thought it'd be harder to do, but I caught her, and skinned her quick: held her there, A5 kicking and mewling, upended, unspooling, unsung and blue; C5 told her "wherever you go, little runaway bunny, I will find you." A5 And then she ran, C5 as they're liable to do. A5 C5 Be at peace, baby, and begone. A5 , C5 to fade