Fog Winter Balsam Jade chords by Half Waif

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

        E      F#        B           E/B
I will not despair this time of year
     E        F#          B     E/B
When all the lights are shining
         E         F#      B             E/B
And the bells are ringing high and clear
        E        F#        B     E/B
Oh you can't say I'm not trying

Verse 2:

      E      F#     B         E/B
And I go out in the afternoon
         E  F#     B     E/B
And I'm burying a secret
      E      F#      B          E/B
That grew inside me like a moon
        E       F#     B        E/B
Til I could no longer keep it

     E                     F#
You might say something's missing
          B       F#      E
You were mist in morning light
E                 F#
How could I have missed this?
   B       F#     E
I want you by my side

Verse 3:

       E   F#        B      E/B
And nobody made me promises
       E       F#     B      E/B
No one offered me protection
      E       F#        B        E/B
And still I thought in my green heart
        E       F#     B      E/B
That I could be the exception



     E                     F#
You might say something's missing
          B       F#      E
You were mist in morning light
E                 F#
How could I have missed this?
   B       F#     E
I want you by my side

Bridge:

             C#m         F#
Watching the sun set at 4pm
             B               E
Holding the shape of another hand
     E                     F#
You might say something's missing


Outro

B     E                          E F#
So I put my hands into the earth
        B                          E
And I thank you. You were my first
         F#    B     B/E
You made me a mother
               E F# B
You made me a mother
               E         F#    B       E/B
And now every July will never feel the same
N.C.
And cutting an apple
     E           F# B
And hearing your name
N.C.                             E      F# B
Or watching the heron take flight in the rain
    B/E                                 E F#
And fog and winter and balsam and jade
B
Fog. Winter. Balsam. Jade