Key: F 🎸 Intro: G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------|
G|----------0-2-5--7p5-0--5--7-5-----7-5----5-7-0---2--0-------| D|-0------3------3-----------------3------7--------3------3----| Bb|-0--2p4-0-----0------0---------0--------0-----0-2----0---2---| F|-------------------------------------------------------------| 🎸 Verse 1: G True that I saw her hair like the branch of a tree C A willow dancing on air before covering me Under cotton and calicoes G Over canopy dappled long ago G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G True that love in withdrawal was the weepin' of me C That the sound of the saw must be known by the tree Must be felled for to fight the cold G Fretted fire but that was long ago G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| 🎸 Chorus: G Em C But that's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where I'm set alight (Oh, oh) G Em D And I blink in sight (Oh, oh) C Of your blinding light (Oh, oh) G Em C Oh, it's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where you hold me tight (Oh, oh) G Em D Light the fire bright (Oh, oh) C Oh, let it blaze alright (Oh, oh) G C G C Oh, but you're good to me, oh, you're good to me (Oh, oh) G C G Oh, but that you're good to me, baby (Oh, oh) G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G|----------0-2-5--7p5-0--5--7-5-----7-5----5-7-0---2--0-------| D|-0------3------3-----------------3------7--------3------3----| Bb|-0--2p4-0-----0------0---------0--------0-----0-2----0---2---| F|-------------------------------------------------------------| 🎸 Verse 2: G With the roar of the fire, my heart rose to its feet C Like the ashes of ash I saw eyes in the heat Settled soft and as pure as snow G I fell in love with the fire long ago G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G With each love I cut loose I was never the same C Watching still-living roots be consumed by the flame I was fixed on your hand of gold G Layin' waste to my lovin' long ago G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| 🎸 Chorus: G Em C But that's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where I'm set alight (Oh, oh) G Em D And I blink in sight (Oh, oh) C Of your blinding light (Oh, oh) G Em C And it's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where you hold me tight (Oh, oh) G Em D Light the fire bright (Oh, oh) C Oh, let it blaze alright, honey (Oh, oh) G C G C Oh, but you're good to me, oh, you're good to me (Oh, oh) G C G Oh, but you're good to me, baby (Oh, oh) 🎸 Bridge: G|---7-5-2--5/7----2--7-------7-5-2--5/7---0h2--5/7-2p0----| D|-0-----0--------3-3--7----0-----0--------------------3---| Bb|--7------------0------7----7-------------0--------0---2--| F|--------------------0------------------------------------| 🎸 Verse 3: G So in awe, there I stood as you licked off the grain C Though I've handled the wood I still worship the flame As long as amber of ember glows G All the "would" that I'd loved is long ago G|-----7-5--5-7p5h---0---2--0h2p0-----| D|--------7-------7-----3---------3---| Bb|-7--7----------------2-----------2--| F|-0------0----------0------0---------| 🎸 Chorus: G Em C And it's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where I'm set alight (Oh, oh) G Em D And I blink in sight (Oh, oh) C Of your blinding light (Oh, oh) G Em C Oh, it's not tonight (Oh, oh) G Em C Where you hold me tight (Oh, oh) G Em D Light the fire bright (Oh, oh) C Oh, let it blaze alright (Oh, oh) G C G C Oh, but you're good to me, oh, you're good to me (Oh, oh) G C Oh, but you're good to me (Oh, oh) G C G C G C Oh-oh-oh, love, you're good to me, you're good to me (Oh, oh) G C G Oh, but you're good to me, baby (Oh, oh)
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