Misc Musicals – Three Houses - The Berries And The Plums (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Am7/G Cm/G G C G C G Am Cm/Eb G/D B7/D# B+ B7/D# Em Em/D Am/C Cm/Eb D7 G C/E F#7/G G [Verse 1]
G  D/F#       Em
a summer day

G/D                               C
​wooden fencе against a clear blue sky

C           Em
​flowers and bees

G/D                              C
​burnt yellow grass beneath white birch trees

  Am
​a hay truck is waiting

E7/G#   E7              Am
​there’s no room for our bags

E7/G#  E7          Am
​cannon fire coming closer

Am  C/G         F
​his eyes so far away

F  F#                  D7
​he lays me down in the hay

D7/F#     G       G7/F#   C/E
​rests his fingers upon my cheek

Cm6/Eb    G/D
​smiles so sweetly

G/D             D7
​as he breaks my heart​

D7
and says
[Chorus]
G Am7/G  Cm/G  G
​i can’t leave yet

G   C               G
​the berries and the plums

G     C
​their harvest time has come

C        Am            Cm6/Eb
​you must sail away without me

Cm6/Eb   G/D              B+/D#
​and i’ll come and find you both

B+/D#      B+    B7/D#   Em
​when all the work i have is done

Em/D C
​some day

Cm6/Eb      D7            G   Am7/G
​when all my troubles here are over
F#/G G [Verse 2]
G               D/F#  Em
​he always had a darkness

G/D                           C
​demons lurking underneath his skin

Em       Em7
​everyone knew

Em7 G/D                     C
​the sadness he hid behind a grin

Am                       E7/G#
​late nights in the barn

E7/G#    E7              Am
​pounding metal, drinking wine

E7/G#     E7             Am
​stumbling through the smoke

G6                        FmMaj7
​burning his arm against the forge
FmMaj7
   F#                  D7
​i’d listen at the door

D7/F#    G      G7/F C/E
​hear his screams and sobs

     Cm6/Eb                 G/D
​and whisper to the child inside of me
G/D
                 D7
​help me pray for him
[Chorus]
G Am7/G Cm/G  G
​i can’t leave yet

    C               G
​the berries and the plums

      C
​their harvest time has come

C         Am           Cm6/Eb
​you must sail away without me

         G/D              B+/D#
​and i’ll come and find you both

B+/D#      B+     B7/D#   Em
​when all the work i have is done

Em/D C
​some day
Cm6/Eb
            D7            G
​when all my troubles here are over
D/F# [Bridge]
Em        G9    G7       C
​oh what a roman it would make
C7/E
         E7
​though i knew

         E7/G#         Am
​that the harvest would go unpicked

        E7               E7/G#   Am
​that my love had given up on himself
Am/G D7/F#
            G    G7/F C/E
​that he had lost his fight

Cm6/Eb
​i kiss him on the neck

Cm6/Eb
​right under his ear

Cm6/Eb               G/D
​knowing it’s the last time

                        D7
​and the last thing i’ll hear is
[Chorus]
G Am7/G Cdim7/G G
i can’t leave  yet

    C               G
​the berries and the plums

      C                G
​their harvest time has come

G        Am            Ebdim7
​you must sail away without me
Ebdim7 G/D B+7/D# ​and i’ll come and find you both
             B7     B7/D#   Em
​when all the work i have is done

Em/D  Cadd2
​some day

Ebdim7      D7          Em    Em/D
​when all my troubles here are over
[Outro] Cadd2/B
     Am11
​some day

Ebdim7      D7            G
​when all my troubles here are over