Birches chords

Birches

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Birches
Bill Morrissey
 Key=Bb Capo 3 - Play like G, Bm, Am, C D
 These notations are used below. G=Bb, Bm=Dm, etc

GThey sat at each end of the couch, 
and Bmwatched as the fire burned down.
So Amquiet on this winter's night,
walk Not a Chouse-light on for Dmiles around.

Then he Gsaid, "I think I'll fill the stove. 
BmIt's getting time for bed."
AmShe looked up. "I think I'll have some wine. 
How 'bout Cyou?" she asked, and D he declined.

G "Warren," she said, "Maybe just Bmfor tonight,
let's Am fill the stove with birches 
and C watch as the fire D burns bright.

G How long has it been? 
It's Bm been quite a while.
Am Pour yourself half a glass and 
C stay with me a D  little while."

And G Warren, he shook his head 
as if  Bm she'd made some kind of joke.
Am"Birches? On a winter night? 
C No, we'll fill the D stove with oak.

GOak will burn as long and hot 
as a Bm July afternoon.
Am Birch will burn C itself out 
by the D rising of the moon.

G  And you hate a cold house same as me. 
Bm Am I right or not?"
Am"All right, all right that's Ctrue," 
she said D"It was just a thought."

Then she said,G"Warren, you do look tired. 
Maybe Bm you should go up to bed.
Am  I'll take care of the wood tonight." 
C "Oak," he told her. D "Oak," she said.

GShe listened to his footsteps 
as he Bm climbed up the stairs.
Then she Ampulled a sweater on her and 
C set her wine glass D on a chair.

She G walked down cellar to the woodbox. 
It was Bm cold as an ice chest.
Then Am climbed back up with C four logs, 
each as white as a D wedding dress.

And she Gfilled the stove and poured the wine, 
then she Bm  sat down on the floor.
AmShe curled her legs beneath her, 
C as the fire sprang to D life once more.

And it Gfilled the room with it's hungry light, 
and it Bm cracked as it drew air.
And the Am shadows danced a Cjittery waltz 
like no one else was D there.

She G stood up in the heat, and 
she Bm twirled around the room.
And the Am shadows, they 
saw C nothing but a young girl on her Dhoneymoon.

And she G knew the time, it would be short 
soon the Bm  fire would start to fade.
She Am thought of heat, she C  thought of time.
She D called it an even G trade.

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