How To Grow A Woman From The Ground chords by Chris Thile

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

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I caught a string full of fish down by the damn
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I'll drag them back to the field they should be dead by then
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Wipe the sweat off my neck and tally ho the plow
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I'm gonna grow a woman from the ground

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The night was a chalkboard with a fingernail moon
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If the fish ain't dead yet they will be pretty soon
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Kinda like the feeling at an old folks home
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Even though you love them you can't wait for them to go

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I'll call her Angelina she's a teacher I once had
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A augmentedA halo of honey wrapped around her head
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And she always used to give me some when I was a kid
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I told her that I loved her and then I went and hid

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I'll take you into town and I'll show you off
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And there's room on your dress for a corsage
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And I'll open up every door for you

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I opened up my almanac and in my head I read
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Cut your wrist on the fins of the fish and drain all you can
E minorEm        A minorAm     D MajorD  DmDm    E minorEm  G+G       B7B7
So I rolled up my sleeves and then began to draw lines just as deep as the
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days are long

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I sewed up my wrist and sewed the ground with my blood
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Stained up my clothes pretty good and I turned that dirt to mud
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I couldn't help but close my eyes and lay my body down
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'Cause I heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground
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I bleed for you now and I'm skinny as a rail
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And I'll be so obliged to keep you nice and warm and safe
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and won't you be so proud of me