THE WOOD SONG (Emily Saliers)
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[Thanks to Chris Knestrick (aero0001@frank.mtsu.edu) for the start.]
[Each chord is half a measure.]
 
G  G   A7sus4  A7sus4   C(9)   D     D/F# - G   C     D/F# - G   C
[guitar intro]
 
G             G           A7sus4       A7sus4
  The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear
C(9)             D                     G   G
  My friends and I have had a tough time
      G             G           A7sus4       A7sus4
We're bruising our brains, hard up against change
C(9)           D               G    G
  All the old dogs and the magician
 
Now I see we're in the boat in two by two's
Only the heart that we have for a tool we could use
And the very close quarters are hard to get used to
Love weighs the hull down with its weight
 
                G     G                A7sus4  A7sus4
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
                  C(9)  D                 G   G
And we'll make it fine,  if the weather holds
                   G     G                      A7sus4  A7sus4
But if the weather holds, we'll have missed the point
C(9)           D        D/F# - G    C     D/F# - G   C
That's where I need to go
 
No way construction of this tricky plan
Was built by other than a greater hand
With a love that passes all our understanding
Watching closely over the journey
 
Yeah, but what it takes to cross the great divide
Seems more than all the courage I can muster up inside
But we get to have some answers when we reach the other side
The prize is always worth the rocky ride
 
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
But if the weather holds then we'll have missed the point
C(9)           D        Em   B7   E   E
That's where I need to go
 
A             A                Bm7(4)    Bm7(4)
  Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look
E             E              Asus9      A
  Skip to the final chapter of the book
         A                A                     Bm7(4)   Bm7(4)
And then maybe steer us clear from some of the pain it took
E                    E         C(9)  C     Dsus4  D
  To get us where we are this far,    this far
 
(G)
But the question drowns in its futility
And even I have got to laugh at me
Because no on gets to miss the storm of what will be
Just holding on for the ride
 
And the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine if the weather holds
But if the weather holds then we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go


OSC stuff from here on:

"Right" guitar
-----------------------------------------

320033 (G)
xx2033
xx0232 (D)
2xx23x (!1)
3xx03x
---------------------
---------------------
-----0---------------  x2
----0-0h2~~-0h2p0----
-2h3-----(3)------3--
---------------------

320033
xx2033
x3x033
xx0232
320033 (alt 300033)

and later:
320033
x0x033
x3x033
xx0232
320033


need to go...
---0-------0-----
---------0---0---
-----1h2-------1-
-----------------
-----------------
-0------0-0-0-0--

sometimes i ask to sneak...
x0220x
x20230
002100

x0220x (alt x0222x)
then maybe steer as clear from some...
x02220
x20230
002100

this far, this far...
x32033
xx0232 (D)


quiet part
"and the wood is tired"
320033 (G)
xx2033
xx7788
320033 (alt 300033)



"Left" guitar
-----------------------------------------
32000x
33201x (C)
xx0232 (D)

(!1)
-------------3----------------------
-----------3---3h5~--3h5p3----------
-2-4~~-4h5---------5-------5--2-4~~-
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

reverse strum
335533
355433
the thin horizon...

silent...

losing our brains...
x2000x
x3201x
xx2013
xxx232
xx978[10]

now i see you were in the boat...
x20003
xx5535

the heart that we had...
xxxx[10]8
xxxx78
xxxx57
xxx433

the very close quarters...
x20003
xx5535

love weighs the whole...
8[10][10]9xx
7997xx
5775xx
3554xx (alt 3555xx)

but the wood is tired...
3554xx (alt 3555xx)
5775xx (quick changes to next 2 chords)
5777xx
577x50

and we'll make it fine
8[10][10]9xx
7997xx
5775xx
3554xx (alt 3555xx)

but if the weather holds...
3554xx (alt 3555xx)
5775xx (quick changes to next 2 chords)
5777xx
577x50

That's where I need to go
C, D

(!1)

.....

that's where i need to go...
C, D

(go... continued)
xx99x7
xx98x7
xx99x7

Sometimes I ask to sneak...
xxx655

quiet...

this far, this far...
x3555x
xx0233
xx0232

but the question drowns...
G,C

even I have got to..
8[10][10]9xx
7997xx
5775xx
3554xx (alt 3555xx)

but if the weather holds...
3554xx (alt 3555xx)
5775xx (quick changes to next 2 chords)
5777xx
577x50
etc.

but the wood is tired...
xxx0810
xxx988
xxx888

where the weather holds
xx5787

If the weather holds...
3554xx (alt 3555xx)
5775xx (quick changes to next 2 chords)
5777xx
577x50

That's where I need to go..
xx0233
xx0232

(!1)

end on G, reverse strum