Emily

Eb Gm F Cm The meadowlark and the chim-choo-ree and the sparrow Eb Gm F Cm Set to the sky in a flying spree, for the sport of the pharaoh Eb Gm F Cm Little while later the Pharisees dragged a comb through the meadow Eb Gm F Cm Do you remember what they called up to you and me, in our window? Eb Gm There is a rusty light on the pines tonight F Cm Sun pouring wine, lord, or marrow Eb Down into the bones of the birches Gm And the spires of the churches F Cm Jutting out from the shadows Eb Gm F Cm The yoke, and the axe, and the old smokestacks and the bale and the barrow Eb Gm And everything sloped like it was dragged from a rope F Cm In the mouth of the south below Ab C G Am We've seen those mountains kneeling, felten and grey Ab C G Am We thought our very hearts would up and melt away F C G Am From that snow in the nighttime F C Just going G Am And going F C G Am And the stirring of wind chimes Dm G In the morning Dm G In the morning F Am G Helps me find my way back in F Am G From the place where I have been F Am G Em A7 And, Emily - I saw you last night by the river Em A7 I dreamed you were skipping little stones across the surface of the water Bm D C Em Frowning at the angle where they were lost, and slipped under forever Bm D C Em In a mud-cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky'd been breathing on a mirror Em A7 Anyhow - I sat by your side, by the water Em A7 You taught me the names of the stars overhead that I wrote down in my ledger Bm D C Em Though all I knew of the rote universe were those Pleiades loosed in December Bm D C Em I promised you I'd set them to verse so I'd always remember Em That the meteorite is a source of the light A7 And the meteor's just what we see Bm D And the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid C Em Of the fire that propelled it to thee Em And the meteorite’s just what causes the light A7 And the meteor’s how it’s perceived Bm D And the meteoroid’s a bone thrown from the void C Em That lies quiet and offering to thee