Patty Griffin – Way Up To The Sky (Guitar)

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As recorded by Patty Griffin (From the 2025 Album CROWN OF ROSES) [Intro] G D C G [Verse 1]
G
It was a hard time

         D
It was a long line

         C
It was a steep climb

                         G
With too many kids to handle

G
She got her kids raised

        D
And her nerves frayed

       C
As her life blazed through her eyes

            G
Made out of candles

F             C                     G
 Those lumber trucks kept rolling south

F                   C                  G
With their loads of pines and rumbling sounds

F                      C                  G
As fast as they could grow, they cut them down

F                    C                 G
Fast as they could go, the kids left town
[Chorus]
G
And I wonder

           F
If there's somewhere

                C
The pines reach way up to the sky

              G
And go on and on there
[Interlude] G F C G F C G [Verse 2]
G
The sun wasn't so low

             F
It was summertime

        C                               G
But the trees were making shadows of September

G
In comes the hard freeze

D
Early this year

            C
How did she end up here?

               G
She can't remember

D            C                      G
 He said the reason he was carrying on

         F                    C               G
Was that every bit of love he had for her was gone

   F                           C           G
So was it just the blink of an eye or just dragging on?

F                 C                      G
She never did know what it was that they wanted
[Chorus]
G
And I wonder

           F
If there's somewhere

                C
The pines reach way up to the sky

              G
And go on and on there
[Outro] G