Chords for Ella Mae (original Greg Brown) - Pieta, Zoe & Constie Brown

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_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Ella Mai, [E] the red wings will turn [Dm] today
_ [C]
A little rain [G] fell in the morning
The afternoon was [Dm] clear [C] and that song you love to hear
[Em]
Was filling up the fence [F] throw where the birds all go
[D] Talk over the long journey and sing
[G] _ _
Ella Mai, [Dm] all the gifts you gave
[C] _
Trembled in my life like a [G] startled deer
_ _ [F]
You gave me my pa, [C] who is in me as you are
[Em] _
Southern piney hills, [F] the clear water and the running hills _
[D] Tumble through the [C] lives of us all
_ _ [G]
Six big men, one [Dm] big strong woman _
You and Grandpa David [G] raised up there
They [F]
all had families [C] and we all come back to see you
[Em] _
You hugged us on turn, [E] cocked your head [F] and said we'd go _
[F#] And touch us [D] with your hands, it smelled [G] like bread _
Ella Mai, [F] it's a clear warm summer's day
[C]
The young birds are trying [G] out their wings
Ain't it [F] something to see them try [C] to get up there and fly _
[Em] My own little child, I know [F] she's bound to do the same _
[D] Today she [A] learned three [G] birds' _ names
Ella Mai, [Dm] I can see it just as plain as day
[C] _
Sailing out like a [G] ship to your garden
_ In your [A] old white brimmed straw hair
[C] With a long handle hoe in your hand
[Em] _
Pausing at the gate [F] I see you look south to the pond
[D] A long term quiet smile on your [G] _ face
Ella Mai, when [F] your David went away
[C] After cutting brush all [G] day long
_ [F] Well, I just slowly closed like [C] a worn out autumn rose _
[E] He could not find the bread, he could [F] not make your lonesome bed
I [D] really do think we're [G] rising in _ [G] gold
Well, Ella Mai, [F] the red wings left today
[C] _ Passing in a long cloud [G] of wings
_ [F] They're headed down your [A] way
[C] And they'll be there in a couple of days
[Em] Sing that song you [F] love as they fly above
_ [A] Rest in place by David in [Am] the pine
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