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Great live version of the Utah Phillips song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZcnpPSy7_c
Intro:
G Cadd9
Verse:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
By the banks of the river where the willows hang down
G Em7 Cadd9 G Cadd9
And wild birds they warble with a low moaning sound
G Em7 Cadd9 G Cadd9
Down in the hollow where the waters run cold
G F C/G G
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told
Verse:
G C G C G
Now I lie on my back and I see your sweet face
Em C G
The past I remember time can't erase
Em C G C G
And the letters you wrote me they were written in shame
F C/G G C G
And I know that your conscience still echoes my name
Verse:
G C G C G
Now if the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
Em C G C G
Iβd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
Em C G C G
If the ladies were squirrels with high bushy tails
F C/G G C G
Iβd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails
F C/G G C G
Song History
Last Updated: February 14, 2019