Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC
Know this house that I called home
F minorFm C majorC
Her gentle milk was happy just to flow
A minorAm FF G+G FF
Know that her tomcats took their licks in turn
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC
Some branches fall to open arms
F minorFm C majorC
Some paradises are a prayer too far
C majorC FF G+G FF
Gods in the treetop making mockingbirds
C majorC G+G A minorAm
If I could choose I would do things right
C majorC F minorFm
Teach my dreams to look me in the eye
G+G A minorAm
Sing my heart out into my hand
C majorC F minorFm
Shine where light demands
Chorus:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I lose my feet in my father's shoes
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I take your flesh with my false tooth
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I bend until I break in two
G+G FF F minorFm
Call me a fool being green
C majorC G+G FF
In the leaves of the world
C majorC G+G FF F minorFm
The leaves of the world
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC
The wind blows all the wild away
F minorFm C majorC
This house was kind as every hiding place
A minorAm FF G+G FF
Bones are the hardest offering to burn
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC
That dog will bark though no one's there
F minorFm C majorC
This man went mad breaking his easy chair
C majorC FF G+G FF
Sing me the softest heart I've ever heard
G+G A minorAm
It's only right how this trail goes cold
C majorC F minorFm
Moonlight gliding through our empty clothes
G+G A minorAm
Know I'm warm when a cloud rolls by
C majorC FF
Rolling right for sky
Chorus:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I lose my feet in my father's shoes
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I take your flesh with my false tooth
C majorC G+G FF C majorC
When I bend until I break in two
G+G FF F minorFm
Call me a fool being green
C majorC G+G FF
In the leaves of the world
C majorC G+G FF F minorFm C majorC