Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
D
G
As the sun is to the city
In the endless weeping winter
Em
D
When he leaves me, falsely tender
Plastic ivy 'round the portal
D
C
D
tal holy rose
It's always winter when he goes
G
D
Verse 2
We don't speak of dying gardens
D
G
I am generous with kindness
He, with smiles and exultations
Em
D
I my own in practiced patience,
C
D
lest he know
Interlude 1
D
G
D
C
D
C
Verse 3
Em
C
Bm
He collects the twigs and briars
C
D
Em
I stack them up for fire
D
C
But it's chilly for the burning
Verse 4
Em
C
Bm
He slumbers in the straw
C
D
Em
I hold out for the thaw
D
C
But the seasons won't be turning
D
C
Verse 5
The bluestem's runnin' riot
Em
D
And the bees will not lay quiet
With his lover or his jailer
Em
D
I lay broken by his trailer in
C
D
C
D
the snow
It's always winter when
Outro 1
he goes
C
D
G
D
C
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