Ray LaMontagne – Winter Birds (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
e|-----7-----5-----7-----3-----2-|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----7-----6-----7-----4-----2-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
D                                       G
It's the widow now that owns that angry plow

C           C/G              D
The spartan mule and the crippled cow

D                                       G
The fallow field that will yield no more

C           C/G              D
As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor
[Verse 2]
D                                       G
The stream can't contain such a withering rain

C           C/G              D
And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away

D                                       G
The clouds crack and growl like some great cat on the prowl

C           C/G              D
Crying out I am, I am over and over again
[Chorus]
Dmaj7                      Gm
The days grow short as the nights grow long

Dmaj7                Gm
The kettle sings its tortured song

Dmaj7                        Gm
A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow

C     G     C         G          D
Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now
[Verse 3]
D                                       G
The winter birds have gone back again

C           C/G              D
Hear the sprightly chickadee, gone now is the willow wren

D                                       G
In passing greet each other as if old, old friends

C           C/G              D
And to the voiceless trees it is their own they will lend
[Chorus]
Dmaj7                      Gm
The days grow short as the nights grow long

Dmaj7                Gm
The kettle sings its tortured song

Dmaj7                        Gm
A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow

C     G     C         G          D
Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now
[Bridge]
Gmaj7                        D
Though all these things will change

Gmaj7               D
The memories will remain

A7                   G       D
As green to gold and gold to brown

A7                      G        D
The leaves will fall to feed the ground

A7                   G       D
And in their falling make no sound

C     G     C         G          D
Oh my lady, lady, I am loving you now
[Verse 4]
D                                       G
I've gathered all my money, I'm going to town

C           C/G              D
To buy my lady a long and flowing gown

D                                       G
'Cause come tomorrow morning we're off to the county fair

C           C/G              D
I'll find a yellow flower and I will lace it in her hair
[Chorus]
Dmaj7                      Gm
The days grow short as the nights grow long

Dmaj7                Gm
The kettle sings its tortured song

Dmaj7                        Gm
A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow

C     G     C         G          D
Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now

C     G     C         G          D
Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now