crystal creek chords by Dar Williams
Verse 1
D
You so fleet and youthful must
G
have split a thousand apples.
Bm
Oh I watched you as you steadied first
G
your heart then your breath
D
Venturing out you scanned a thou
G
sand blades of grass,
Bm
And when you drew your bowstring,
G
Em
it was a swift and cordial death.
Verse 2
G
As you stood in the wilderness
Em
Did you feel the silence
in the stillness?
G
Verse 3
D
F#m
That was me with you in the forest
D
For you knew the balances
F#m
The balances before us.
G
Bm
I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek
Verse 4
A
D
Oh a tree it's a record,
G
a home of memories,
Bm
G
And every bird springs from an old master's canvas,
full in flight.
D
And the pond I go to sparkles
G
in a vast estuary,
Bm
And those men saw nothing staring
G
drunken through their sites.
Verse 5
Em
The one who spied me out
G
as goods to plunder,
Em
I had to show the world that
G
he was not a true hunter.
Verse 6
D
That was me,
F#m
When he saw me naked,
D
He was interrupting,
F#m
Something sacred.
G
I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek.
Interlude 1
Bm
A
Verse 7
D
And the newsmen circled leaving
G
trails of cigarette butts
Bm
G
Machine- like up the hill
to Crystal Creek.
D
"James," she said,
G
"who would do this thing I've seen today,
Bm
G
I cannot hold my mic, my hands are shaking,
Em
knees are weak."
"They found a man and he
G
was wrapped in a deerskin,
Em
G
Riddled through with boxes of his
Dsus4
friends' ammunition.
Em
Turn the camera off," she said.
A
Verse 8
D
That was me.
F#m
Oh my noble animals,
D
You must act with reverence,
F#m
With reverence not like cannibals.
G
I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek
Outro 1
Bm
A
D
crystal creek
Dar Williams
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