February Chords by Dar Williams

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_ _ [A] I threw your keys in [E] the water I looked back [F#m] they'd frozen halfway [A] down
in [A] the ice they froze up so quickly the [E] keys and their
owners [F#m] even after [E] the anger it all
turns silent and [A] the everyday turns solitary [E] so we came to February
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] first we forgot where [E] we planted those bulbs last year [F#m] and then we forgot that [A] we planted [E] it all
_ [A] then we forgot what [E] plants are [G#] all together [F#m] and I [E] blamed you for [D] my freezing [E] and forgetting [D] and
the nights were long and cold and [E] scary can we live through [F#m] February _
_ _ [D] you _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ know I think Christmas [G#] was a low head [A] glare shot up like a warning we gave presents without
cards and then the snow and then the snow came [G#] we were always out shuffling [A] and we dropped to sleep
exhausted and we wake up [E] and it's _ snowing and _ [A] _
February was [E] so long that it lasted into [F#m] March
and found us walking [E] a path alone together _ [A] you stopped and pointed and [E] you said that's a crocus
[F#m] and I said [E] what's a crocus [A] and you said [E] it's a flower [A] I tried to remember but [F#] I said what you [F#m] said
I still _ [D] love you [E] the _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ leaves were turning as [E] we drove to the hardware store [F#m] my new lover made me
[A] keys to the [E] house _ [A] and when we got home well we [E] just started chopping wood [F#m] cause you never know
[E] how next you will be and [A] we'll gather all our arms can carry I have lost to [F#m] February _
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