Rosie

C F 2x F Section A C F All the ways from California C F Massachusetts too C F We were upside down Rosie ran round C F And I heard her sound the dinner bell C F Too late for talking too old for thinking C F too tired for blinking too bad C We ran out of wood F So dark quiet could C F Find us through the fire cracks C She tried going with the wind F Tried calling out to kin C F Tried strutting with her chin held high C "The way that can't be named F Is one in the same C F With the dirty politicians game she cried Section B C G F C Slippin' out my grasp again F C G F Sun-beaten moon-seasoned hands shake F Section A C First hand ticked for the second F Second tocked for an hour C F Onlooked the window flowers in time C As third raced for the second F The clock tower beckoned C F And the window flowers kept on looking on C The sun dial sought permission F From the unlikely woman C F Who was twirling out the door C To be wound just like the clock F Every item in its spot C F Order well earned and hard fought F Violin Solo C F 4x F Section A C For she chirps by the hour F Morning bird, night owl C F Musters all her power to sing C She's the clock don't she know it F Every pen-stroke, every moment C F Delivering or missing her lines C And the cats in the yard F Meow for their ritual reward C F As the clocky woman cracks the sill C I feel for her sins F And I relish in her grins C F And the time it takes to embrace her again F Section B C G F C Slippin' out my grasp again C F C G F Sun-beaten moon-seasoned hands shake F F G Dm E F F C C F F C C G G F C