Key: Ab major
Verse 1
For reminding us of what might
disappear
Am
Gm
the buck dropping a single
handkerchief ear
Bb
Gm
to signal the start of a chariot race
Bb
Gm
G
that may only ever end in An tioch
Am
Gm
and a loud prig's besting
Gm
G
For the stadiums collect of ach or och
Gm
G
as the cycle turns implacably
to rinse across the blur of
the cemetery grounds,
Am
F
where a head still often dashed
C
G
consistency of tone
Am
Gm
G
Yet, underlining what lies beyond our reach
F
G
Is a function of the margin, not the page.
For having us cry out in joy,
each to each,
Without the least compunction
to act our edge,
For telling just how far it is to the shed,
G
white,
with the kids' heights.
C
G
For revealing religion is
G
F
to the preacher letting off a little steam.
G
Gm
For completely levelling the playing field
take one for the team.
For second -guessing the slalom
through the glens
F#
G
Am
on which that buck will lead us
For the old Panavision wide -angle lens
C
G
that shows him to be quite the chariot ace.
For falling from a tree with a muted thump
Gm
G
onto a sheet already spread out for fruit.
For convincing us we're now
over the hump.
Gm
G
for allowing a threatened plant to take root,
for putting the skids on our putting
G
C
with our kids with the sole stipulation
G
Gm
all count as kin,
for insisting that no flaw's a fatal flaw,
for having its own name
G
F
on everyone's lips,
C
G
C
G
F#
for es tablishing as equal before the law
G
Am
a buck whose motiva
and a threatened sprig
on which he loves to browse,
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