The Goose & The Wren Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C#][D][A][G][D][A]
[G][D]
[A][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
While [D]in form of the ant
[A]The goose, and the wren
Left [G]the shores of Maryland
[D]To find better oxygen

[Verse 2]
While the [D]outcry of 20 men
Run from [A]the nearby bat[D]talion:
"As if [A]we [G]avoid their light
Then we might [D]make it home tonight"

[Verse 3]
And [D]one old crook
Carries [A]a very heavy book
Friends would say, [G]"Sir
Are you sure some good could
[D]Come of your learning?"

[Verse 4]
And [D]he said:
"My girl gave it to me
Just before [A]the war
I've never read [G]a book
like this before
It's giving me [D]kind of
a, kind of a burning"

[Verse 5]
"But [A]if it is love then I'm not
quite sure I should keep [D]it
But [A]I've heard it's a part of
the whole so I guess I [D]need it
But [A]I'll certainly be sure to stay
above the [D]ground
[A]Lately, beautiful things got a way
of bringing [D]me down"

[Verse 6]
[D]Here lie one hundred men
Fighters, everyone [A]of them
They went [G]into the light
And oh no, they [D]won't be home tonight

[Verse 7]
And I [D]came upon a kid with a kite
Despite the storms,
says [A]he's gonna fly
And so I said, [G]"Brother,
what would your mother [D]say?"

[Verse 8]
[D]
And he said:
"Hold your tongue, it was [A]a present
And God [G]damn! I am a man
I ain't afraid of the [A]rain"[D]
[A]But

[Verse 9]
what can a [D]bystander do?
[A]No more than watch the spidery lights
Take [D]ahold of you
And you know I warned [A]you, boy
You know I told you, boy
And I'll hold your back[D], boy
But now I don't know, boy
'Cause [A]in a curious kinda way
I wanna go along [D]with you...
[A]And

[Verse 10]
morning did come
I was standing, struck down
By the man in [D]the sun
And the only [A]live [D]one
Held [A]a string from his thumb
That stretched up to the sky
Where the [D]heron flew by, singing:
"Oh me, and oh [A]my!"

[Verse 11]
And [A]the goose and the wren
No, I have not seen them
But the water [D]looks nice
So I do not think twice
And [A]I'm sure that they're fine
Very good friends of mine
'Cause some[D]times I can't tell
When things are unwell
By [A]the look

[Verse 12]
of the sea
Staring straight back at me
And I [D]miss 'em, I do
But I think it is true
[A]That when the love go
It's the lovers who show
Just how [D]lovely [A]they [D]are
In a song or a star
[A]Sincerely,

[Verse 13]
your friend
Write back to me, wren
I've been [D]thinking too much
[A]Down [D]here in [A]the sand
[D]The farmer

[Verse 14]
stands and says:
[G]"What happened to the land?
It used to be [A]fertile, it used to be good
When I was a lad!"
[D]

[Verse 15]
The farmer calls out to [G]his men
Says, "It's getting [A]late, boys
It's best you come [D]back here!"
(Everybody together!)

[Verse 16]
[D]The farmer stands and says:
[G]"What happened to the [G]land?
It used [A]to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a [D]lad!"

[Verse 17]
The [D]farmer calls out to [G]his [A]men
Says, "It's getting late, boys
[D]It's best you come back here!"
(I love you, babe!)

[Verse 18]
[D]The farmer stands and says:
"What [G]happened to the land?
[G]It used to be [A]fertile, it used to be good
When I was a [D]lad!"

[Verse 19]
The [D]farmer calls out to his men
[G]Says, "It's getting [A]late, boys
It's best you come back [D]here!"
(One more time!)

[Verse 20]
The [D]farmer stands and says:
"What happened to the land?
[G]It used [A]to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a [D]lad!"

[Verse 21]
The farmer calls out to his men
Says, "It's getting late, boys
It's best you come back here!"
(Come back here, right now!)

[Verse 22]
Woo! Yeah!