knitting song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][G]
[D][G][A]
[D]The deft, agile

[Verse 1]
[D]
fingers in firelight [G]flicker
Skin laced in wrinkles
that made needles [D]sing
There, love is con[A]creted [D]with
quietened [G]breathing
Simple entwining of intimate [D]string
It's a beautiful [G]thing

[Verse 2]
[D]
At stockinged knees sitting,
I watching, her [G]knitting
Intent on her fixing my little
[D]hands' mess
She's sure she can save it,
even with hands [G]shaking
She had such a patience that
I don't pos[D]sess[A][D]
I was such [G]a small pest

[Verse 3]
[Bm]Let us sit so [G]quietly
In [D]firelight, I know you'd [A]die for me
How [Bm]gentle can our [G]vi olence be
'Tween [D]finger [A]an d thumb
I'm [Bm]sorry I'm re[G]petitive
Don't [D]mind, I keep forget[A]ting it
So [Bm]long as it's my [G]thread,
not [D]the depth[A]s of our love

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][G][D][A][Bm][G][D][A]
[D]
Two [A]girls [D]in their twenties,

[Verse 4]
slowed down, getting [G]ready
As one said, "Please help me,
for it's cold to[D]night"
In [A]our [D]undergarments,
she passed me [G]the scarf and
Said, "I never learned
how to cast off [D]right"

[Verse 5]
For a moment, [D]I swore
that the light that [G]I saw as
She handed the wool with
a smile in [D]the gloom
Was the [A]fire[D]light [A]for[D]m from
the glow I was [G]taught in
On grandmother's hands in
the cottage sit[D]ting [A]room[D]
Of course [A]I'll cast off [G]for you

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Let us sit so [G]quietly
In [D]firelight, I hope you'd [A]die for me
How [Bm]gentle can our [G]vi olence be
'Tween [D]finger and [A]thumb
I'm [Bm]sorry I'm re[G]petitive
Don't [D]mind, you keep forget[A]ting it
So [Bm]long as it's your [G]thread,
not [D]the depths of my [A]love

[Outro 1]
[Bm][G][D][A][Bm][G][D][A][Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D][A]