CAPO ON 1
G C G
G Em C
G C G
Em Amaj C G
Em Amaj C G
[VERSE]
G C G
Mona's buying milk and honey from the summer bins in Milford Market.
G Em
Outside the door at six, the green bulb clicks,
C
On.
G C G
I work nine to five around the hiss of the ice box compartment,
Em Amaj C G
When I punch out I want to set the night to bitter flames a-lickin'
Em Amaj C G
The town and all the passion strickened down.
[CHORUS]
C G D Am
And Emmy's twenty years removed now, from that morning in July,
C G
When her father held her in his arms.
C G D Am
And dipped her freckled neck down' 'neath the river water as flies,
C A
Were darkening the brightness
C A
And all of the baptismal whiteness
C A
But darlin' all those of our likeness
C
Were born so very ready to live.
G
And to die.
[VERSE]
G
I know my way through the neighborhoods
C G
From Mona's house to the interstate.
G Em C
I know my way to the greatest things we got
G
The travelin' acts they leave their sounds
C G
For railroad tracks in other towns,
E Amaj
But I want to hold to something longer
C G
Something meaner, something stronger
E Amaj C G
At eleven thirty the town's alone, again.
[CHORUS]
C G
And Emmy used to say she loved me,
D Am
Used to be oh so proud of me,
C G
When she saw her father in my eyes.
C G D Am
When I dipped her golden head down 'neath the river water swimmin',
C A
The pine shine all was dimmin'
C A
The kitchen panes were pitch-dark within
C A
And I thought we were only kidding till
C
Your father cried.
G
[PLAY VERSE 1x DURING BANJO SOLO]
[VERSE]
G C G
Mona, you're my only friend, we could take the interstate;
G E C
Though you know the interstate deadends.
G
Will it lead us to the milk and honey,
C G
Is the Promised Land just a funny
E Amaj C G
Way to say the strangeness never ceases?
E Amaj C G
'Cause Emmy, you have baptized me to pieces.
