The Verdant Mile chords by Tracy Grammer

Tracy Grammer - The Verdant Mile


CAPO: 1st Fret



INTRO: Em


I didn't want to burn like this, so close to the bone
   C                             D
No muscle left to carry it, this black bag of stones
       C          D
It's a black bag

N.C.        Em
Through the August heat, the autumn rain and winter's face of blue
      C                                   D
These seasons keep their spinning up, but there's no sign of you
         C        D
There is no sign


CHORUS:
    C              D
And so I walk this verdant mile
   G   G/F#    C
Of memory with you
                   D
The gentle arms of Eden
        Em       D      C        D
And the mountain get me through___


      Em
Well, Richard says the whippoorwill, taught him how to go
  C                                   D
I tell him death is just a dream, but I don't really know
     Em
It's everything and nothing when the spirit cracks the sky
    C                               D
But flowers fold and go to seed and no one questions why
C          D
Nobody, oh no


CHORUS:
    C              D
And so I walk this verdant mile
   G   G/F#    C
Of memory with you
                   D
The gentle arms of Eden
        Em    D      C        D
And the raven get me through___


INSTRUMENTAL: G   D   G   C  D


   Em
I miss you like I love the sound of blackbirds in the trees
  C                             D
I sit alone and wish that maybe one of you would visit me
       Em
But no matter how much seed I hang, what prayer I call out
  C                                  D
I cannot bring that bird in from the field or make an angel
C             D
Come around


CHORUS:
    C              D
And so I walk this verdant mile
   G   G/F#    C
Of memory with you
                   D
The gentle arms of Eden
        Em       D      C
And the mountain get me through___


CHORUS:
                   D
And so I walk this verdant mile
   G   G/F#    C
Of memory with you
                   D
The gentle arms of Eden
        Em       D      C        D   C   D   G-D-G-D-Em
And the mountain get me through______