| Em | Em7 | C | D | Dadd9 | Bm7 | |
| We set out in the Spring = |
| D | |
| With a trunkful of books about everything. |
| Bm7 | |
| About solar devices |
| D | |
| And how nice natural childb | irth is. |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals |
| B7 | |
| Through the fore | st glade. |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| We dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels |
| B7 | |
| In the fi | shing pool we made. |
| Em | Em7 | |
| We held hands and we exchan | ged bands |
| C | Cmaj7 | D | |
| And we pr | actically lived | off the la | nd. |
| Bm7 | |
| You adopted a fox cub |
| D | |
| Whose mother was somebody's coat. |
| Bm7 | |
| You fed him by hand, then snuggled him down |
| D | |
| In the | grandfather bed, while I wrote. |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| And we grew our own maize |
| B7 | |
| And I only occasionally went int | o town |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| To stock up on antibiotics |
| B7 | |
| And shells for the shotgu | n that I kept around. |
| Em | Em7 | |
| I told the kids stories while you worked | your loom |
| C | Cmaj7 | D | |
| And the su | n went down sooner | each day. |
| Bridge: |
| G Em7/F# Em Em7 C Cmaj7 D Dadd9 (2x) |
| Bm7 D (2x) |
| Cmaj7/E B7 (2x) |
| Bm7 | |
| Then the leaves all fell down, |
| D | |
| And the crops all turned brown. It was over. |
| Bm7 | |
| As the first snowflakes fell |
| D | |
| I realized all was not well i | n the camp. |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| The kids caught bronchitis, |
| B7 | |
| The space heater ran out of diesel, |
| Cmaj7/E | |
| One | weekend a friend from the east |
| B7 | |
| (Rot his soul) stole your heart. |
| Em | Em7 | |
| I said, =D2Fuck it then, take the kids bac | k to town, |
| C | Cmaj7 | D | Dadd9 | |
| Maybe I'll se | e you around. | =D3 |
| G Em7/F# Em Em7 C Cmaj7 D Dadd9 (2x) |
| G | Em7/F# | Em | Em7 | |
| And so le | aving all | our hope | s and dr | eams |
| C Cmaj7 D = |
| To the wind and the rain, |
| Dadd9 G Em7/F# = |
| Taking only our stash, |
| Em | Em7 | |
| Left our li | tter and trash |
| C | Cmaj7 | |
| And | set out = |
| D Dadd9 G (etc. to fade) |
| On the road again. |
| Bm7 xx0202 |
| Dadd9 xx0230 |
| Cmaj7/E 032000 |
| B7 x01202 |
| Em7/F# 2200xx |
| Em7 020000 |