Rock Salt And Nails chords by Willie Watson

Willie Watson
"Rock Salt and Nails"
org. Utah Philips
From: Folk Singer Vol. 1


[Intro]

Bb F C


C          F               C
On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
          Am  F          C
And wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
        Am   F           C
Way down in the hollow  where the water runs cold
           Bb    F           C
That's where I first listened to the lies that you told

C        F            C
Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
       Am  F       C
The past I remember  time cannot erase
        Am    F          C
The letter you wrote me  it was written in shame
           Bb     F         C
And I know that your conscience  still echo's my name

C          F            C
Now the nights are so long, and sorrow runs deep
         Am F           C
And nothing is worse  than a night without sleep
        Am   F        C
I'll walk out alone,  I look at the sky
       Bb  F         C
Too empty to sing,  too lonesome to cry

C           F               C
So if you ladies were blackbirds, if you ladies were thrushes
          Am  F          C
I'd lie there for hours  in the cold chilly marshes
          Am    F         C
If you ladies were squirrel's  with high bushy tails
        Bb   F          C
I'd fill up my shotgun  with rock salt and nails (X3)