Death Singing

Note: F shall be played as: -1- -1- -2- - 3 - - x - - x - Verse: F Am In the straw-colored light F Am In light rapidly changing F Am On a life rapidly fading Pre-chorus: C E Have you seen death singing C E Have you seen death singing Verse: F Am With a throat smooth as a lamb Yet dry as a branch not snapping He throws back his head And he does not sing a thing mournful Chorus: C E Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing E Am In the straw-colored light He sings a black embrade And white opals swimming In a child's leather purse Have you seen death swimming Have you seen death swimming With a throat smooth as a lamb Yet dry as a branch not snapping He throws back his head And he does not sing a thing mournful Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing Have you seen death singing In the straw-colored light He sings of youth enraged And the burning of Atlanta And these viral times And May ribbons streaming And straw-colored curls a-turning A mother's vain delight And woe to the sun And woe to the young Another hearse is drawn Have you seen death singing In the straw-colored light