Nathan chords by Vic Chesnutt

SimplifiedDm · E · Am · F

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
The great grandfather,
F 
with his pious beard
Dm 
E 
Bathed in the river, all his years
Am 
F 
Many books, that lined his walls
Dm 
E 
Jews and gentiles, held him in awe

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Verse 2

Nathan stepped through

the broken window

And looked to the river where his

mother once floated

Nathan stepped through

the broken window

And looked to the river where his mother once

floated

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Am 
F 
He had four sons, all healthy and proper
Dm 
One was converted,
E 
became a christian doctor
Am 
His daughter filled with typhus
F 
and succumbed
Dm 
E 
He  grew quiet his wife fell dumb

Verse 4
F 
Nathan stepped through
Am 
the broken window
F 
E 
And looked to the river where his
Am 
E 
mother once floated
F 
Nathan stepped through
Am 
the broken window
F 
E 
Am 
And looked to the river where his mother once
E 
floated

Interlude 2

Verse 5
Am 
His granddaughter recalled,
F 
the day he died
Dm 
E 
She was six years old, frosted with fright
Am 
F 
She clutched the toe, the stiff cold toe
Dm 
And renounced the wrongs only she
E 
could know
F 
Am 
F 
E 

Verse 6
Am 
E 
F 
Am 
Nathan stepped through the
F 
E 
Am 
E 
F 
broken window
Am 
F 
E 
And looked to the river where his
Am 
E 
F 
mother once floated
Nathan stepped through
Am 
the broken window
F 
E 
And looked to the river
Am 
E 
where his mother once floated