February Live chords by Dar Williams

• Capo on 2nd

Performance: Out There Live

🎸 Intro:

G D Em G D



🎸 Verse 1:
G                         D
 I threw your keys in the water
I looked back
       Em    G       C           D
They'd frozen halfway down in the ice
G                              D
 They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners
     Em       G         C          D
Even after the anger, it all turned silent and
    Am
The everyday turned solitary
D                     Em G  Am  D
 So we came to February

🎸 Verse 2:
G                         D
 First we forgot where we planted those bulbs last year
     Em       G             C          D
And then we forgot that we'd planted at all
G                           D
 Then we forgot what plants are altogether
    Em      G          C               D
And I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and
    Am
The nights were long and cold and scary
D                           Em   G   Am  D
 Can we live through February?


🎸 Bridge:
G                                 D
 You know I think Christmas was a long red glare
     Em                         Am               D
Shot up like a warning, we gave presents without cards
             G
And then the snow
                                D
And then the snow came, we were always out shoveling
         Em
And we'd drop to sleep exhausted
         Am               D
And we'd wake up and it's snowing


🎸 Verse 3:
G                    D                        Em
 And February was so long that it lasted into March
             Em       C            D
And found us walking a path alone together
G                                D
 You stopped and pointed and you said "That's a crocus"
      Em                              C            D
And I said "What's a crocus " and you said "It's a flower"
G                          D
 I tried to remember but I said "What's a flower "
          Em            Am   D
You said "I still love you"


🎸 Verse 4:
G                              D
 The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store
Em       G             C           D
  My new lover made me keys to the house
G                              D
 And when we got home, well we just started chopping wood
           Em    G        C              D
'Cause you never know how next year will be
          Am
And we'll gather all our arms can carry
D                      Em          G   Am  D  G
 I have lost to February