BABY BIRCH CAPO 2 C F this is the song for Baby Birch Am F C though i will never know you C F and at the back of what we've done Am F C there is the knowledge of you C F well, i wish we could take every path Am F C could spend a hundred years adoring you C F yes, i wish we could take every path Am F C because i hated to close the door on you C F do you remember staring up at the stars Am F C so far away in their bulletproof cars? C F when we heard the rushing, slow intake Am F C of the dark, dark water in the engine brakes? C F and i said to you, "well, how about them engine brakes?" Am F C and if i should die before i wake, C F Will you keep an eye on Baby Birch? Am F C because i'd hate to see her make the same mistake Asus4 C when it was dark, i called and you came Asus4 C when it was dark, i saw shapes Asus4 C when I see stars, i feel in your hand Asus4 C and I see stars, and I reel again. C F Well mercy me. I'll be goddamned. Am It's been a long, long time F C since I last saw you. C F And I have never known the plan. Am It's been a long, long time. F C How are you? C F Your eyes are green. Your hair is gold. Am F C Your hair is black. Your eyes are blue. C F I closed the ranks, and I doubled back— Am but, you know, I hated to close F C the door on you. Asus4 C We take a walk along the dirty lake. Hear the goose, Asus4 C cussing at me over her eggs. Asus4 You poor little cousin. C I don't want your dregs Asus4 C (A little baby fussing all over my legs). Am There is a blacksmith, and there is a shepherd, and there is a butcher-boy, C and there is a barber, who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy. Am I saw a rabbit, as slick as a knife, and as pale as a candlestick, C and I had thought it'd be harder to do, but I caught her, and skinned her quick: held her there, Am kicking and mewling, upended, unspooling, unsung and blue; C told her "wherever you go, little runaway bunny, I will find you." Am And then she ran, C as they're liable to do. Asus4 C Be at peace, baby, and begone. Asus4, C to fade