Early Snow Ukulele chords by Tom Paxton

Verse 1:
    G                                       C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning
    G                            D
The winter grazings better here below
    G                                 C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,
    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.

Verse 2:
    G                           C
Every year this town is getting smaller
    G                              D
The kids can hardly wait to up and go.
    G                                           C
And now they've closed the high school down for ever
    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.

Chorus:
Em                              D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,
   C                                G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.
        Em                       D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,
     C                   G                 D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.

Verse 3:
 G                              C
Another farming family left the valley,
     G                                 D
They left last night, nobody heard 'em go.
     G                                C
They left the tractor standing in the hay field,
    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.

Instrumental:
G D G Em G D G

Chorus:
Em                              D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,
   C                                G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.
        Em                       D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,
     C                   G                 D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.

Verse 4:
    G                                       C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning
    G                            D
The winter grazings better here below
    G                                 C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,
    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.

    G             D                  G         Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
    G             D                  G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.