August Chords

Key: Db Intro: A# F Verse 1: Gm A# Pullin’ bulls, haulin’ bails, grains about done ripenin’ Gm A# Summer wanes so lifts the veil on the hauntin’ Augusts brought me Cm D# A# Foreboding feeling in my bones insists there’s weather comin’ Cm D# F A# Though the meadowlarks are callin’, cows ain’t ballin’, no thunderhead Chorus: A# Gm Goodbye banjo moon, hiya buckskin Cm F Gm Harvests starting, there’s fires in Montan again A# Haze hangs heavy like a heartache Gm Stinging in my eyes Cm F Prairie gold, hayfever, I’m grieving Gm A# F August

Verse 2: Gm A# Bracin’ in the stillness makes a gust out of a breath of wind Gm A# Stirring up old settled dust summoning ghosts of loss and false promise Cm D# A# Farming accidents, red bird matches the eight month killed my innoncence Cm D# F A# Learned sorrow’s love with no home and you don’t always reap what you sow Chorus: A# Gm So goodbye banjo moon, hiya buckskin Cm F Gm Harvests starting, there’s fires in Montan again A# Haze hangs heavy like a heartache Gm Stinging in my eyes Cm F Prairie gold, hayfever, I’m grieving Gm A# August Bridge: Dm Gm Cm F A# Rivers low, rivers slow - but she won’t stop for nothin’ Dm Gm Cm F A# In that fact I have found hope, just as I’ve found tough lovin’ Chorus: A# Gm Goodbye banjo moon, hiya buckskin Cm F Gm Harvests starting, there’s fires in Montan again A# Haze hangs heavy like a heartache Gm Stinging in my eyes Cm F Prairie gold, hayfever, I’m grieving Gm August Outro: A# Cm F Gm