Say Valley Maker

C C With the grace of a corpse Am In a riptide, C I let go Am And I slide, slide, slide C Downriver Am With an empty case C By my side Am An empty case C That's my crime F And I sing (Say, valley maker!) C To keep from cursing F And I sing (Say, valley maker!) C To keep from cursing Am C River old, river end Am C River old, river end Am C River gone, river bend F Take me to the sweet valley C Where your heart bloom, bloom, blooms F Take me to the sweet valley C Where your heart is covered with dew (2 extra measures of C C+ Am And when the river dries C (double length) Will ya bury me in wood? C+ Am And where the river dries C (double length) C+ Will ya bury me in stone? Am (3x length) And I never realized... death is what it meant...

Verse

C to make it on my own F Cuz there is no love, C Where there is no obstacle F And there is no love C Where there is no bramble F And there is C On the hacked-away plateau F And there is no love C In the unerring F (double length) And there is no love C On the one true path Am (double length) Well, I cantered out here, C/G Dm/A Now I'm galloping back

Chorus

C/G Dm/A So bury me in wood, and I will splinter C/G Dm/A Bury me in stone, and I will quake C/G Dm/A Bury me in water, and I will geyser C/G Dm/A Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna phoenix C/G Dm/A I'm gonna phoenix

Outro

C/G Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/G