Mistress Of The Salmon Salt Quicklime Girl

F Gm Bb C F Gm 2x D Db C Bb Gm Gm F C Gm In the garden district, where the plants grow strong and tall Bb A G# Gm Behind the bush there lurks a girl, who makes them strong and tall N.C Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb They just call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm F C Gm In the fall when plants return, by harvest time, she knows the score Bb A Ab Gm Ripe and ready to the eye, but rotten somehow to the core N.C Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb A harvest of life, or harvest of death, one body of life, one body of death Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb And when you've gone and choked to death, with laughter and a little step Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb I'll prepare the quicklime, friend, for your ripe and ready grave Cm Bb For your ripe and ready grave Gm C#7-5 Cm Bb 2x C Eb D7 Gm F Gm Bb C F Gm 2x D Db C Bb Gm Gm F C Gm It's springtime now and cares subside, and the planting's almost done Bb A G# Gm And fertile graves, it seems, exist, within a mile of that juke joint F Gm Bb C N.C F Gm Where Coast Guard crews still take their leave, quite listless in the sun Bb A Ab Gm And the Quicklime Girl still plies her trade, reduction of the many from the one N.C Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, well she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb A harvest of life, a harvest of death, resumes its course each day Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb It comes as if by schedule, a harvest of limbs, of arms and of legs Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb The toes that crawl, and the knees that jerk, and neck like swans that seem to turn Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb As if inclined to grasp or pray Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb 4x C Eb D7 Gm -------