Am As cars go by I cast my mind’s eye
Over F back packs on roof racks
Beyond the horizon, where Dm7 dream makers
Working white plastic processors
Invite the unwary G to reach for the pie in the sky
Go fishing my boy G4 G5

Instr Cm Cm6 B C Cm x 2 B7 Em Em/D C D

We set Bm7 out in the spring
with a trunk full of books about D everything
About Bm7 solar devices and how nice natural D childbirth is

We C cut down some Cm trees
And we C trailed our i-Cm deals through the B7 forest glade
We C dammed up the Cm stream
And the C kids cooled their Cm heels in the B7 fishing pool we’d made
Em We held hands and we Em/D exchanged bands
And we C practically lived off the D land

You a-Bm7 dopted a fox cub
whose mother was somebody’s D coat
You Bm7 fed him by hand and then snuggled him down
by the D grandfather bed while I wrote

And we C grew our own Cm maize
And I C only oc-Cm casionally B7 went into town
To C stock up on Cm antibi-C otics
And Cm shells for the B7 shotgun that I kept around
I Em told the kids stories while Em/D you worked your loom
And the C sun went down sooner each D day

Instr G D/F# Em Em/D C G/B Am D7

Instr G G/B Am7 G G/F# Em C G/B Am

Solo Bm7 D x 2 C Cm x 2 B7

The Bm7 leaves all fell down
our crops all turned brown, it was D over
As the Bm7 first snowflakes fell
I realized all was not D well in the camp

The C kids caught bron-Cm chitis
The C space heater Cm ran out of B7 diesel
One C weekend a Cm friend from the C East
Rot his Cm soul stole your B7 heart
I said, Em fuck it then, take the Em/D kids back to town
C Maybe I’ll see you a-D round D7

Instr G D/F# Em Em/D C G/B Am D7

Instr G Am7 G/B C G/B Am

And so G leaving D/F# all our Em hopes and Em/D dreams
To the C wind G/B and the Am7 rain D7

Taking G only our stash
left our Am7 litter and G/B trash
And C set out G/B
on the Am road a-G gain G/B Am7
G On the D/F# road a-Em gain C G/B
On the Am ro-G G/B Am7 G D/F# ad a-Em gain