Intro - this tab DDm e|-----------------|-----3-1---0---1-----|-5-6-5-3-2---6-8-6-5-------------| B|-----------------|-3-------------------|---------------------6-5h6p5---3-| G|---2---2---2---2-|---------------------|---------------------------------| D|-0---0---0---0---|---------------------|---------------------------------| A|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------------------| E|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------------------| Verse A Dm F5 Hay and a clean stall Bb5 Dm And ivy on a garden wall F5 And a sign saying sold Bb5 Dm And an old coat for the bad cold Instrumental x2 D5 C5 Bb5 C5 Verse B DC5 Bb5 I believe in you D5 C5 Bb5 Do you believe in me? D5 C5 Bb5 What do you want to do? D5 C5 Bb5 Are we leaving the city? D5 C5 Bb5 On the black road D5 C5 Bb5 Through the gold fields D5 C5 Bb5 While the fiends are plowed D5 C5 Bb5 Towards what we are allowed Verse C Dm C The bridle bends in idle hands Bb Dm And slows your canter to a trot C Bb We mean to stop in increments Dm C Bb But can't commit, we post and sit in impotence Dm C Bb The harder the hit, the deeper the dent Dm C Bb We seek our name, we seek out fame Dm C Bb In our credentials, paned in glass Dm C Bb Trying to master incidentals Dm C Bb Bleach a collar, leech a dollar from our cents Dm C Bb The longer you live, the higher the rent Verse B D5 C5 Bb5 Beneath a pale sky D5 C5 Bb5 Beside the red barn D5 C5 Bb5 Below the white clouds D5 C5 Bb5 Is all we are allowed D5 C5 Bb5 Here, the light will seep D5 C5 Bb5 And the scythe will reap D5 C5 Bb5 And spirit will rend D5 C5 Bb5 In counting toward the end Instrumental x2 Dm C Bb Verse C Dm C In December of that year Bb Dm The word came down that she was here C The days were shorter Bb Dm C I was sure if she came round Bb I'd hold my ground Dm C Bb I can do what they alluded to Dm A change that came to pass C Bb And spring did range, weeping grass Dm C And sleepless broke Bb Dm Itself upon my winter glass C Bb And I could barely breathe for seeing Dm C Bb All the splintered light that leaked Dm C A fish is fleeting, launched in flight Dm Dm Unstaunched daylight, brightly bleeding C Bb Bleached the night with dawn deleting Verse B D5 C5 Bb5 In that high sun D5 C5 Bb5 After our good run D5 C5 Bb5 When the spirit bends D5 C5 Bb5 Beneath knowing it must end D5 C5 Bb5 And that is all I want here D5 C5 Bb5 To draw my gaunt spirit to bow D5 C5 Bb5 Beneath what I am allowed D5 C5 Bb5 Beneath what I am allowed Dm C Bb Beneath what I am allowed repeat to fade Dm C Bb