Tom Paxton – Early Snow (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]
    G                                       C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning

    G                            D
The winter grazings better here below

    G                                 C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,

    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
[Verse 2]
    G                           C
Every year this town is getting smaller

    G                              D
The kids can hardly wait to up and go.

    G                                           C
And now they've closed the high school down for ever

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,

    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
[Chorus]
Em                              D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,

   C                                G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.

        Em                       D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,

     C                   G                 D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.
[Verse 3]
 G                              C
Another farming family left the valley,

     G                                 D
They left last night, nobody heard 'em go.

     G                                C
They left the tractor standing in the hay field,

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,

    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
[Instrumental] G D G Em G D G [Chorus]
Em                              D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,

   C                                G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.

        Em                       D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,

     C                   G                 D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.
[Verse 4]
    G                                       C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning

    G                            D
The winter grazings better here below

    G                                 C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,

    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,

    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.