Winter Solstice chords by Eliza McLamb

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G         FF
Baby shoes on the sidewalk
FF        c             FF
They're playing hopscotch in the dents we left in the concrete
G+G               FF
Never wore those moccasins you got me for my birthday
C majorC                 FF                   G+G
Wasted all the gift card money on toys and games and other things that break


Chorus:
G+G           FF
Even then I sensed an emptiness in winter
     C majorC                FF
When the creek froze in December, I could feel myself getting older
G+G           FF                C majorC
Maybe it was the soft decay, brittle branches finally breaking
                G+G
That showed me time outside my understanding

Verse 2:
G+G             FF
It's not like Michigan in spring
              C majorC           FF
When they find the kids who went out wandering and didn't make it home
G+G           FF                C majorC
Still I feel a little death in the shorter days, when dinner's on the table
    FF                   G+G
Getting cold and no one cares to pick up the plates


Chorus:
G+G         FF
Even now I see the dollhouse, perfect still
                 C majorC
In all its little ways, though it exists I cannot place it
G+G          FF
And I witnessed its decay, solace healing when it caved in
     C majorC                G+G
When I go back, I have to dig it out from ruin


Outro:
G+G
Little boots turning up when snow washes away
  FF
Got power tools in the truck for the elusive someday
    C majorC
We can sweep the streets, clean it up
           FF       C majorC            G+G
But everything that's coming up was supposed to have gone away