Chords for Leslie Fish - Freedom of the Snow (filk)

We were [Am] twenty pampered [D] maidens under dormitory [C] glass,
Gossiping [Em] about boyfriends' dates [Am] and clothes.
We glanced through the [C] tasteful windows at the [D] growing storm outside,
And [G] never once took measure of the [Am]
snows.
_ [C] Long past the time of night, we found [G] no morning light,
[E] Blizzard covered all the [Am] world we'd known.
_ [C] Beyond [G] all reach of law, we looked around and saw,
[C] The ice age come to [G] find us all [Am] _ alone.
[B] _ [C] Cancel my salvation, give [G] me leave to go,
[E] Back to the freedom of [A] the snow, [G] of the snow,
_ _ Back to the freedom [Am] of the snow. _ _ _ _
_ As darkness' [C] cold and blizzard closed around our cringing cave,
[F] We wore [G] our furs for better [Am] things that showed.
We melted snow [C] for water [D] when the pipes in the fuel lines froze,
[F] And thanked the gods [G] for the stores of [Am] food below.
_ [C] The furnace coughed and died, we [G] lit the fire and cried,
[E] We didn't have the wood to [Am] last a day.
[C] So we played a [D] hand or three, and the high [G] card fell on me,
So [Em] I took an axe and went [G] to find [Am] a way.
_ [Bm] _ [C] Cancel my salvation, [G] give me leave to go,
[E] Back to the freedom of the [A] snow, of the [C] snow,
[G] _ _ Back [Am] to the freedom of the snow. _ _ _ _
_ I found a tree [C] blown over where [D] the driveway used to be,
[F] And the axe moved [G] swiftly and easy [Am] as me.
_ _ I wasn't [C] cold or weary, it was [D] strangely so free,
[F] Then out of the dark [Am] that junkie came.
_ [C] He didn't seem to know I was a [G] changeling of the snow,
[E] Not the easy [Bm] peacetime girl he thought [Am] he'd found.
[G] The axe swung clean and high, [A] and it cut him [G] through the eye,
And I took my wood and left him on the [Am] _ ground.
[C] _ Cancel my salvation, give [G] me leave to go,
[E] Back to the freedom of [A] the snow, [G] of the snow, _ _
Back [Am] to the freedom of the snow.
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_ We [C] dreamed about this story as we [E] camped beside the fire,
[Dm] We sang it [G] while we hunted [Am] through the day,
_ Until the hour [C] our sentries saw [D] the snow blow clear the [F] road,
And our families came [G] to chase the spell [A]
away.
So [C] go back to your shopping mall, go [G] find yourself a man,
[E] Go forget that you were ever [Am] strong or free,
_ [C] But in dreams I [D] see them still, the blizzard [G] on the hill,
The fireplace and the fire axe [Am] and the tree.
_ _ [C] Cancel my salvation, give me [G] leave to [E] go,
Back to the freedom [A] of the snow, of the [C] snow,
[G] _ Back to [Am] the freedom of the snow. _ _ _ _