Intro: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 childbirth is.
Cmaj7/E
We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals
                B7
Through the forest glade.
Cmaj7/E
We dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels
         B7
In the fishing pool we made.
Em                         Em7
We held hands and we exchanged bands
         C               Cmaj7     D
And we practically lived off the land.
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 into town
Cmaj7/E
To stock up on antibiotics
                         B7
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around.
Em                                      Em7
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
          C                 Cmaj7           D
And the sun 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 in 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 back to town,
C            Cmaj7        D     Dadd9
Maybe I'll see you around.=D3
G Em7/F#  Em Em7  C Cmaj7  D Dadd9 (2x)
         G         Em7/F#  Em      Em7
And so leaving all our hopes and dreams
         C      Cmaj7     D     =
To the wind and the rain,
Dadd9    G          Em7/F# =
Taking only our stash,
           Em             Em7
Left our litter and trash
    C           Cmaj7
And set out =
D        Dadd9 G (etc. to fade)
On the road again.