Katy Dear

Dm Let out all your troubles with the boughs of fraying pine C F The proudest grove of hemlock, bring solace to your mind. Dm Before they burned the mountains, and ran dry all the streams C F There was plenty to get by on, plenty more to dream C Am Before the heavy hand of greed came knocking at your door C F Telling lies in silver you always have endured Dm Singing who’ll rock the cradle, and who’ll sing this song? C F How will you survive the winters long? Dm C And it’s come on Katy dear F Bb It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear Dm C All the coy dogs howl F There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south Dm C F 2x Dm That colt’s mane was spruce and his cold heart was pine C F They said he’d run on water, if I could pass the time Dm Early in the spring, when the ice began to thaw C F I’d ride him down the Delaware, and bid farewell to all C Am Before the tree trunks line the hills and bark it’ll line the roads C F They’re sending half the forest down the stream in heavy loads. Dm Singing you never know what you’ve got until it’s almost gone C F So who’ll rock the cradle when it’s gone? Dm C And it’s come on Katy dear F Bb It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear Dm C All the coy dogs howl F There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south Dm C And it’s come on Katy dear F Bb It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear Dm C All the coy dogs howl F There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south Dm C F 2x