Winter Birds

D G It's the widow now that owns that angry plow C C/G D The spartan mule and the crippled cow D G The fallow field that will yield no more C C/G D As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor D G The stream can't contain such a withering rain C C/G D And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away D G The clouds crack and growl like some great cat on the prowl C C/G D Crying out I am, I am over and over again Dmaj7 Gm The days grow short as the nights grow long Dmaj7 Gm The kettle sings its tortured song Dmaj7 Gm A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow C G C G D Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now D G The winter birds have gone back again C C/G D Hear the sprightly chickadee, gone now is the willow wren D G In passing greet each other as if old, old friends C C/G D And to the voiceless trees it is their own they will lend Dmaj7 Gm The days grow short as the nights grow long Dmaj7 Gm The kettle sings its tortured song Dmaj7 Gm A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow C G C G D Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now Gmaj7 D Though all these things will change Gmaj7 D The memories will remain A7 G D As green to gold and gold to brown A7 G D The leaves will fall to feed the ground A7 G D And in their falling make no sound C G C G D Oh my lady, lady, I am loving you now D G I've gathered all my money, I'm going to town C C/G D To buy my lady a long and flowing gown D G 'Cause come tomorrow morning we're off to the county fair C C/G D I'll find a yellow flower and I will lace it in her hair Dmaj7 Gm The days grow short as the nights grow long Dmaj7 Gm The kettle sings its tortured song Dmaj7 Gm A many-petaled kiss I place upon her brow C G C G D Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now C G C G D Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now