Key: F Intro: Dm F C Gm A# Dm Verse 1: F Who shaped the rocks C Gm A# Dm These rivers and time? F C G pilgrim, I'll receive Gm A# Dm My fate from thee A# F Havilah spoke harsh towards the kids C Dm Like they was not his kin even A# F Three white-headed girls in their baby teeth still C Dm Shirtless, hopping through the jimsonweed
Chorus: Dm F C Gm A# By God I pine for a companion Interlude: Dm F C Gm A# Dm Verse 2: F C His doubt was ripe and foul Gm A# Dm Tempered by four roses F C And a lack of faithful work Gm A# Dm He weren't no honest man A# F G drunk backslider don't stay on the job C Dm Long enough to pay the light bill A# F And sad women go to church twice of a Sunday C Dm But are too ashamed to join the choir Chorus: Dm F C Gm A# By God I pine for a companion Pedal Steel Solo: Dm F C Gm A# Dm Verse 3: F C He took a belt and buckle Gm A# Dm To my back and ribs F C For his envy was hard as diamonds Gm A# Dm Yeah, hard as diamonds A# F I prayed through the beatings, drawing breath C Dm Slow and measured til he wore himself out A# I am a servant F Unto the rapture C Dm G wheel within a circle I suppose Chorus: Dm F C Gm A# By God I pine for a companion Fiddle Solo: Dm F C Gm A# Dm Verse 4: F C I threw myself into the mouth Gm A# Dm Of the Hiwassee F C Where the Cherokee once lived proud Gm A# Dm And fished for cutthroat Chorus: Dm F C Gm A# Dm By God I pine for a companion F C Gm A# By God I pine for a companion Outro: Dm F C Gm A# Dm
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