th Fret
D G D
By the banks of the river
G D G D
Where the willows hang down
Bm G
And the wild birds all warble___
D G D
With their high, lonesome sound
Bm G
Down in some hollow___
D G D
Where the waters run cold
C G
It was there I first listened
D G D
To the lies that you told
G D
If the young men were blackbirds
G D G D
The young men were thrushes
Bm G
I would lay by the hours___
D G D
In the cold rainy marshes
Bm G
If the young men were squirrels
D G D
With high bushy tails
C G
I'd fill up my shotgun
D
With rock salt and nails
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