Chords for Rexroth's Daughter By Greg Brown with Lyrics

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_ [G] Coldest night of the winter, workin' on my farewell
[G] In the middle of [Em] everything, and no particular spell
I'm dreamin' of the mountains where the children learn to start
[G] Clouds loadin' from Nebraska, [E] dark chords on a [Em] big guitar
My restlessness [G] is long gone, I'm standin' like [A] an old jackpot
But I'm lookin' for [E] Rex Rosswater, [Em] _
the friend of a friend of mine
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Friend of a friend [G] of mine, _ _ _ _ _ _ can't believe your hands and mouth did all that [D] to me
[G] Heart so daily [Em] naked for all the world to see
That [E] thunderstorm we missed, you and I never will forget
We shook right [D] with thunder with the [E] poundin' [Em] rain got wet
[C] Where did you [G] turn when you turned from me with your arms [A] across your chest?
Oh, I'm lookin' [Em] for Rex Rossdaughter, _ I saw her in the great [G] north west
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_ [G] The great north west, _ _ _ _ would she have said it was the wrong time?
I had found her then, I don't want too much, [Em] feel it across the road and a few good friends
She used to come to see me, she was then gone
Even the very longest [C] love don't [Em] last very long
She'd stand there in my [D] doorway, smoothin' out [A] her dress
And [Am] say this life is a thumb [Em] drive, my love, so sweet [G] and such a mess, _ _ _ _ _ such a mess _ _ _
_ _ Oh, I wanted to get to know you, but you said you were shy
I would have followed you [Em] anywhere but hello, roll, and to goodbye
[G] I just stood there watchin' you, walked along the fence
Beware of them that look at [Em] you as an experience
Roll [C] back out [G] on the highway with your poems [D] of city heat
_ [A] And I'm lookin' for Rex [Em] Rossdaughter, _ here [G] on my old side street _ _
[C] _ On my old [G] side street
The _ _ _ murderer who lived next door seemed like such a normal guy
If you try to follow what the shovel [Em] does, you'll run out of tears to cry
I heard a man speak [G] quietly, I listened for a while
He spoke from his heart to my woe, and then he bowed and smiled
What is real [G] but compassion is [D] removed from [A] birth to death
Oh, I'm lookin' for Rex [Em] Rossdaughter, and I'm [G] runnin' out of breath
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_ _ _ will come back, I know it will, it'll do [D] its best
[G] So useful, so endangered, [Em] like a lion or a breast
I [G] think about my children when I look at any [D] child's face
[G] And pray that we will find a way [E] to give with all this amazing [Em] grace
[G] So cold, I fared not, so stormy, I can [A] hardly see
_ And I'm lookin' for Rex Rossdaughter, and I guess I [G] always will be _ _
[C] _ I [G] always will be _ _
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