Grass Doe

C G Fmaj7 (2x) Verses C G Fmaj7 See her by the garden holding a bull snake C G Fmaj7 Through the rocks and trees the river ran, till it found the lake C G Fmaj7 He looked like Elvis - that's what all his friends said Am G Fmaj7 She had a tattoo of a squid just below the back of her neck C G Fmaj7 And their legs were twisted up in each other C G Fmaj7 While the rain came down like watermelon seeds C G Fmaj7 And the tall grass bent over Fmaj7 Am Em F G And you couldn't see across the la------ke Am Em F Across the la--------ke C G Fmaj7 He watched the ocean from the balcony C G Fmaj7 Out past the break the clouds were twisting like a million wet black snakes C G Fmaj7 Piles of driftwood and seaweed scattered up and down the beach Am G Fmaj7 And when he went back inside, she was already asleep C G Fmaj7 And their lives were twisted up in each other C G Fmaj7 While the waves came in one after the other C G Fmaj7 The curtains blew back and forth through the window Fmaj7 Am Em F G He lay awake till the rain came down Am Em F Till the rain came down C G Am G And whatever an old nail will hold Am G F G And whenever you let go C G Am G And whatever an old nail will hold Fmaj7 G C G Fmaj7 Her clothes were scattered on the bed and on the floor C G Fmaj7 It was dark in the room save for a little light under the door C G Fmaj7 When he moved out they tried to stay friends Am G Fmaj7 And planned to harvest the garden they had planted in the spring C G Fmaj7 Like flowers twisted up in each other C G Fmaj7 Trying to live in a jar full of sunlight and water C G Fmaj7 There is never gonna be a better answer Fmaj7 Am Em F G Never gonna be another one li---ke her Am Em F Another one like her C G Fmaj7 And now you see it everywhere you go C G Fmaj7 Like a tag under the overpass or birds rising from the corn C G Fmaj7 Each piece of the puzzle leaves an outline of the next Am G Fmaj7 Like a skinned knee hidden under her only dress C G Fmaj7 There's a swarm of bees in the clover C G Fmaj7 A string of barbed wire that the tree grew over C G Fmaj7 An ant crawls from a crack in the counter Fmaj7 Am Em F G And now there's ice across the la----ke Am Em F Across the la--------ke C G Am G And whatever an old nail will hold Am G F G And whenever you let go C G Am G And whatever an old nail will hold Fmaj7 G