INTRO
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Am F C G Am G Am
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VERSE
C G Am
We came in this world together
G Am
Legs wrapped round each other
F
My cheek against my sister's
C G Am G Am
We were born like tangled vines
C G Am
And we lived along the river
G Am
Where the black clouds never lingered
F
And the sunlight spread like honey
C G Am G Am
Through my sister's tiny hand
C G Am
But while picking sour apples
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Sister stumbled in the briar
C G Am G Am
And was bitten by a snake
Chorus
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden fingers
G Am
And as the sun slips past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along
VIOLIN SOLO
C G Am G Am F C G Am G Am
VERSE
C G Am
So alone I took to drinking
G Am
Bottles of cheap whiskey
F
And I staggered through the backwoods
C G Am G Am
Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
C G Am
Oh but still I heard her laughing
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Still her tiny hands were splashing
C G Am G Am
At the river's sparkling shore
C G Am
So I took my rusty gas can
G Am
And an old iron shovel
F
And I set the woods to blaze
C G Am G Am
And choked the river up with stones
Chorus
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden fingers
G Am
And as the sun slips past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along