The Cricket chords by Jenika Marion

• Capo on 2nd

Verse 1:
       G           D
In the corner of a front yard
      C           G
If an old country town
      C        G             D
Sat a cricket, tucked in the grass
        G            D            C             G
Well he wondered and pondered the stars and the sky
        C             G                D
And for how long each one's like might last
       B            Em         D    G
But he worried that he was the only one
       C            G        C      D
Asking questions so darn existential
          B         Em       D             G
He looked up to the sky, his hopes not too high
         C      G          C      D
He could see no room for potential

Verse 2:
        G         D          C               G
Then he happened upon an old snail right nearby
        C          G             C       D
And she shot him a look that was cold as ice
         B          Em
She said darlin' be careful
         D                G
With the thoughts in your head
          C              G           C       D
There are questions that need not be answered
           B             Em
'Cause the more that you know
    D            G               C G      C     D
The more you're alone, you would be her disaster

Bridge:
       C       G             C G
So the cricket hung his head low
           C     G              C    D
That his antenae dragged on the ground
        C           G           C  G
Then he saw all the humans come home
         C         G           D
Did they hear when he made his sound

Verse 3:
         G    D              C         G
He cried why, why don't they listen to me
       C          G          C           D
When I cry to the night or I sing to the breeze
   B         Em        D          G
Oh why was I even born with these wings
               C         G            C       D  G*
When it's like noone has ears to hear or eyes to see

Solo:
G D C G
C G C D
B Em D G
C G C D G*

Verse 4:
        G          D       C                G
Now his journey completed across that front yard
        C      G             D
Feeling broken worn down and weary
          B       Em       D           G
He looked up in a tree and there sat a jay
        C        G             C     D
Looking smug and frankly quite cheery

Verse 5:
         G   D            C         G
He said, son sit down and listen to me
       C         G     C          D
If you open your eyes, you will believe
            B      Em    D           G
That you're never alone, soon you'll see
     C        G          C         D    G*
That wherever nature is, your home will be

Outro:
G  D         C        G
La la la la, la la la la
C  G        C        D
La la la la la la la la
B        Em  D     G
La la la la, la la la
C        G          C         D    G*
Wherever nature is, your home will be
C*       G*         C*        D*   G*
Wherever nature is, your home will be



* means one strum down