crystal creek Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]You so fleet and youthful must
[G]have split a thousand apples.
Oh [Bm]I watched you as you steadied first
[G]your heart then your breath
[D]Venturing out you scanned a thou
[G]sand blades of grass,
And when you drew [Bm]your bowstring,
it was [G]a swift and cordial [Em]death.

[Verse 2]
As you stood in the [G]wilderness
[Em]Did you feel the silence
in the stillness?
[G]

[Verse 3]
That was [D]me with you [F#m]in the forest
For you [D]knew the balances
The [F#m]balances before us.
[G]I was guarding Crystal, C[Bm]rystal Creek

[Verse 4]
[A]
Oh [D]a tree it's a record,
[G]a home of memories,
And every bird [Bm]springs from an old master's can[G]vas,
full in flight.
And [D]the pond I go to sparkles
[G]in a vast estuary,
An[Bm]d those men saw nothing staring
[G]drunken through their sites.

[Verse 5]
[Em]The one who spied me out
[G]as goods to plunder,
I [Em]had to show the world that
he was [G]not a true hunter.

[Verse 6]
That was [D]me,
When he [F#m]saw me naked,
He was [D]interrupting,
[F#m]Something sacred.
[G]I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek.

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][A]

[Verse 7]
And the news[D]men circled leaving
[G]trails of cigarette butts
Ma[Bm]chine- like up [G]the hill
to Crystal Creek.
[D]"James," she said,
"who would do [G]this thing I've seen today,
I can[Bm]not hold my mic, my hands are shaki[G]ng,
knees [Em]are weak."
"They found a man and he
[G]was wrapped in a deerskin,
[Em]Riddled through with boxes [G]of his
[Dsus4]friends' ammunition.
Turn [Em]the camera off," she said.
[A]

[Verse 8]
That was [D]me.
Oh my [F#m]noble animals,
You must [D]act with reverence,
With reverence [F#m]not like cannibals.
[G]I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek

[Outro 1]
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