Joanna Newsom – Make Hay (Guitar)
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[Intro]
Bb So long Bb So long Bb So long Bb So long
[Verse]
Bb So long Ab F# Bbm My old friend died that way: Eb Ab F# Bbm Eb The accumulation of time and the passing of days Ab F# Though she dug in her heels Bbm Eb Drug her wheels in the clay
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab C She dotted her eyes; Gm Fm Crossed the teasels in her leaning dray
[Chorus]
Eb G Where buzzards make circles Bb D (and tillers make hay): Eb G Bb D A dozen in kettle, comittee & wake; Eb G Where wind made the dust Bb D And sin made the snake F C And mama made us Am G But what did I make?
[Verse]
F And how was I to know G Am Down in our old goldmine G F Where you were the king of the radio G C And I was the keeper of hi-fi G F And I was the queen of the rodeo
(And everybody'd know,)
G Am And you were the keeper of the lions; F And we were gored, and abased
And adored, and erased
C All before our time? F G Am It was before our time G Am G So how was I to know? Bb A How was I to know Eb While tune hums Dm Gm And the hand strikes the gong A And all of us plough our row Eb And the notes run Dm Gm Out of measure and out of time and landing wrong? Bb F Am Bb The day is long, but not so long Ab F# Bbm My old friend died alone Eb Ab F# Bbm Save for the friends and family she had known Eb Ab Surrounding her bed F# Bbm None of whom in that room Eb Could with certainty have said
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab C "I've dotted my eyes Gm Fm Crossed the teasels in my leaning sled
[Chorus]
Eb G Bb D Where buzzards make circles and tillers make hay: Eb G In windrow and bale Bb D With tedder and rake; Eb G Where Adam made ribs Bb D And cattle make steak." F C (And the rattling nib writes Am G "What did I make?")
[Verse]
F And how was I to know G Am Seeing my seconds pass in a line G F If there was a way to reckon love G C Except as a symptom of time? G F And honey, it stretched out below us
Humming every note
G Am From the lowest to the highest G F But even at the highest we were bored, and amazed
In accord, in a daze
C All before our time G F G Am It was before our time G F G Am So how was I to know? G F G Am How was I to know G F G Am How was I to know G F A How was I to know Eb While the day slows Dm Gm And the sun stares, stalling A Eb Into the dimming barrel of night Dm Gm Where the stars are falling?
[Outro]
Bb F I've got no say Am But still Bb F# I'm calling for my old friend Ab Eb Bbm We sow and we reap, again