Chords for Of Cabbages (Magic, Moondust, & Melancholy)

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[Am] I've always been [C] a farmer [G]
and [F] my heart's [G] bound to [Am] the land.
The earth's deep roots [C] are in me blood, [D] she answers to [E] my hand.
[Am] I grow the best [F] damned cabbages _ [C] you ever hoped to [E] see. _
[Am] And once upon [C] a [G] moonstruck night [F] I watched [G] the [Am] dancing sheep. _
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Their music came [C] before them and [F] it pulled [G] me from [Am] my bed.
It flowed like cool [C] wine on the breeze [D] and got inside [E] me head.
[Am] It made me drunk [F] and sober both, [C] it made me sing [E] and cry. _
It [Am] made me want [C] to weep and dance and dream [G] that I [Am] could fly. _
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And then their voices [C] _ _ [G]
caroling [F] like bells, [G] like birds, [Am] like rain.
In words I [C] almost understood [D] in joy too near [E] to pain. _
[Am] The songs were like [F] the ones you hear [C] in dreams but can't [E] _ recall.
[Am] That fill your mind [C] in slumber [G]
but [F] with dawn [G] you lose [Am] it all.
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And then they came [C] so [G] wondrous bright, [F] so quite [G] beyond [Am] _ compare.
With starshine in [C] theirs and [D] silver roses in [E] their _ hair.
[Am] Wrapped with an [F] aching beauty, sweet [C] and bitter, _ [E] crystal _ light.
[Am] A beauty that [C] he appeared [G] to see [F] but feared [G] to [Am] lose the sight. _
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I saw them at [C] their [G] dancing, [F] leaping air [G] and silver [Am] flame.
And conscious, all [C] too conscious of [D] my clumsy [E] mortal frame.
[Am] I watched them at [F] _ me, light, [C] light-footed, full of [E] grace.
[Am] With my legs of wood [C] and feet [G] of lead [F] stood rooted [G] in [Am] me place.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I am a [C] farmer bound [G] to earth, [F] I know [G] what I [Am] do well.
I'm mortal and [C] _ _ like [D] the cabbages I [E] _ sell.
[Am] There's virtue in [F] a cabbage, even [C]
elves eat I [E] suppose. _ _ _
_ But [Am] once, just once, I wish that [G] I could [F] grow [G] a silver [Am] _
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