Green Willow Valley chords by The Handsome Family

Chords with lyrics

Green Willow Valley
From the album Unseen

INTRO:

C majorC

VERSE 1:

     C majorC     FF    C majorC
Like the moon pulls on the water
     FF        C majorC
and the water pulls the sand
    DmDm        A minorAm
Like starlight drifts a billion years
   FF      C majorC
to flicker once above your head

VERSE 2:

    C majorC  FF    C majorC
The cicadas in the oak trees
   FF       C majorC
are singing to the sky
  DmDm      A minorAm
and I am calling out to you
  FF     G+G   C majorC
across this silent night

CHORUS:
 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

VERSE 3:

     C majorC    FF    C majorC
Can you feel the wings of birds
 FF         C majorC
whisper 'cross the sky?
 DmDm        A minorAm
Can you hear the blades of grass
 FF       C majorC
calling to the light?

VERSE 4:

      C majorC   FF   C majorC
There are rivers underground
 FF        C majorC
rushing cold and wild
  DmDm      A minorAm
and I am calling out to you
  FF    G+G   C majorC
across the lonely night

CHORUS:

 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

INTERLUDE:

C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC DmDm A minorAm FF G+G C majorC

BRIDGE:

    A minorAm      E minorEm
We'll lie under the willows
   FF       C majorC
in a bed of fallen leaves
A minorAm        E minorEm
I will bring you apples
   FF        C majorC  G+G G7G7
and water from the stream

VERSE 5:

C majorC    FF     C majorC
I will pull the thorns
FF          C majorC
from your blistered feet
DmDm         A minorAm
Can't you hear me calling
     FF   G+G    C majorC
in the whisper of the trees?

CHORUS:

 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

OUTRO:

FF G+G C majorC