-Bone of Song- -Josh Ritter- -------------- Capo 7 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 Just where it now lies I can no longer say G Cadd9 G Cadd9 I found it on a cold and November day G Cadd9 G Cadd9 In the roots of a Sycamore tree where it had hid so long G Cadd9 G Cadd9 In a box made out of Myrtle lay the Bone of Song The Bone of Song was a jawbone, old and bruised Worn out in the service of the Muse And along its sides and teeth were written words I ran my palm along them and I heard Em G D C G D C "Lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness Amin7 Amin7/G G/F G Cadd9 G Cadd9 I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest" The words on the bone of song were close and small And though their toungues were dead I found I knew them all In the hieroglyphs of quill and quatrain lines Osiris, the fall of Troy, and Auld Lang Syne Kathleen Mauvoreen, Magnificat, Your cheatin' heart The chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark. Then I saw on a white space that was left A blessing written, older than the rest And it said "leave me here I care not for wealth or fame I'll remember your song but I'll forget your name" The words that I sang blew off like leaves in the wind First like birds on the branches before landing on the bone again, again Then the bone was quiet it said no more to me So I left it in the ribbons of the Sycamore tree And as night had come so I turned around and headed home With a lightness in my step and a song in my bones "Lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest" Cadd9: x30033