Prairie Melancholy Chords by Jennifer Warnes

_ The _ moment we [E] said goodbye, _ _ _ _ [F#]
silence tore [A] across the sky _
The [D] _ _ riverbed [C#m] lay wide [C#] and dry, [B] as far as [E] I could see
[A] _ _
_ _ And [D] _ someone said [A] my ghost [E] was [Bm] found, _ [C#m] _ _ laying [F#m] her [E] burden _ _ down
_ [D] _
Taken the [C#m] long _ way _ around, _ _ [B] _ _ underneath _ the [E] _ moon _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B]
Somewhere [Bm] on [E] the _ _ [A]
prairie, _ _ _ _ _ [E] a little cross [D] is _ mine
[E] A _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] simple wooden [A] _ _ _
marker, _ with [F#m] _ a [C#m] plastic _ rose [D] _ _ _
entwined
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
And in [Bm] the stillness of [E] the _ _ [A] twilight, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] as the [E] _ _ [D] tumbleweeds wind
[E] _ _ _ [A] I am _ [Bm] crawling _ like [A] a _ _ scorpion, _ _ across [B]
the _ [E] _ _ melancholy [A] _
tongue
_ _ So shred [Bm] the _ poems, _ _ _ _ _ [E]
let the wild birds chase them in the [C#m]
breeze
_ _ _ Let them [D]
make their nest, [E] from words like [C#m] _
please
_ Put _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] those dreams [A] to _ _ rest, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ throw them at [D] the moon
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Blow _ _ _ [A] confetti across, [D] _
_ the _ golden [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ west
_ _ _ [A] _
I was the [Bm] _ fragrance [E] in the _ _ [A] _ _ wildflower, _ _ _ opening [E] for [F#m] only you
_ [E] Opening for [A] only you, in [B] the _ delicate [C#m] _
air, _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ before [A] the cold shut [D]
through
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] Ten thousand _ [E]
years from _ [A] _ now, _ _ _ _ you'll put your hand [D]
in mine
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ Remembering a [C#m] _
_ _ [B] fragrance, full of _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] melancholy _ time
_ _ _ _ _ [Em]
You see those ravens, breaking [D] the prairie sky
_ _ _ _ [Dm] We used to go _ [F#m] where our wings fly, _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] after many angels cry
_ _ [Bm] _ To fly [C#m] as free [D] as _ _
[E] you _ [F#m] and _ _ [G#m] _
I
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_ [Bm] Somewhere _ [E] on the _
_ [A] prairie, _ _ _ a cross, [E] a rose, [D] a shrine
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Standing for [A] true _ _ love, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] gone before [D] its time _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ There goes [Bm] your shadow [E] down the _ [A] highway, _ _ _ _ out that road I [D] couldn't _ find
[Dm] _
_ While [A] I _ crawl [Bm] _
_ like a [A] _ _ scorpion, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ slowly [A] _
_ to that [Bm] _ _ new _ [B] _ _ _ world _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ Across _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] these miles [A] of prairie, _ [C#]
full of _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] melancholy _ time
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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