Way Up To The Sky chords by Patty Griffin

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Ab


Intro:
G    D    C    G


Verse 1:
G
It was a hard time
         D
It was a long line
         C
It was a steep climb
                         G
With too many kids to handle
G

She got her kids raised
        D
And her nerves frayed
       C
As her life blazed through her eyes
            G
Made out of candles
F             C                     G
 Those lumber trucks kept rolling south
F                   C                  G
With their loads of pines and rumbling sounds
F                      C                  G
As fast as they could grow, they cut them down
F                    C                 G
Fast as they could go, the kids left town


Chorus:
G
And I wonder
           F
If there's somewhere
                C
The pines reach way up to the sky
              G
And go on and on there


[Interlude]
G    F    C    G
F    C    G


Verse 2:
G
The sun wasn't so low
             F
It was summertime
        C                               G
But the trees were making shadows of September
G
In comes the hard freeze
D
Early this year
            C
How did she end up here?
               G
She can't remember
D            C                      G
 He said the reason he was carrying on
         F                    C               G
Was that every bit of love he had for her was gone
   F                           C           G
So was it just the blink of an eye or just dragging on?
F                 C                      G
She never did know what it was that they wanted


Chorus:
G
And I wonder
           F
If there's somewhere
                C
The pines reach way up to the sky
              G
And go on and on there


Outro:
G