Hickory Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C]
[G]He kissed her

[Verse 1]
once as
she [Am]leaned on the win[C]dowsill[G][Am][C]
[G]She'll never love him but
[Am]knows that [C]her father will
[G]Her [Am]fall[C]en f[G]ruit is al[D]l rot
[Am]ten in t[C]he middle but [G]her
[D]Breast nev[G]er [Am]dries when he's

[Interlude 1]
hungry
[C][G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C]
[G]The money

[Verse 2]
came and she [Am]died
in [C]her rocking [G]chair[Am][C]
[G]The window wide and the
[Am]rain in her [C]braided hair
[G]A l[Am]etter[C] l[G]ocked in
the pat[Am]tern of her knuckle
[C]Like a h[G]ymn to[D] the h[G]ouse[Am] she was
mak[C]ing[G]
[Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 3]
[C][D]
Blind and whistling just [C]around
the corner and there's [G]a
[D]Wind that [G]is whis[Am]pering [C]something
[D]Strong as hell but not hic[C]kory

[Interlude 2]
rooted
[C][G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C]
[G]She kissed him

[Verse 4]
once cause he
[Am]gave her a cigar[C]ette[G][Am][C]
[G]And turned around but he wai[Am]t
s like a [C]turned [G]down [Am]bed[C]
[G]And summer lef[D]t like her walk
[Am]ing with a[C]nother and a
[G]Sou[D]nd of a c[G]hurch bel[Am]l ringing[C]
[G][Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 5]
[C][G]
The money came and he [Am]died
like a but[C]terfly[G][Am][C]
[G]A buried star and the haz[Am]e
of [C]the city [G]lights
[Am]A gu[C]n we[G]nt off and her mothe[D]r
[Am]dropped her baby[C] on the[G]
[D]Blue [G]feathered wing,
[Am]we were luck[C]y[G]
[Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 6]
[C][D]
Blind and whistling just [C]around
the corner and there's [G]a
[Am]Wind that [G]is whis[Am]pering [C]something
[D]Strong as hell but not hic[C]kory[G][Am][C][G][Am][C][G][Am][C]
[G][Am][C][G][Am][C]
[G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C][G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C][G][Am][C][G][Am]
[C][G][Am][C][G]
rooted