Quicklime Girl Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][A][D][Em][G][A][D][E]
[B][Bb][A]
[G][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]In the garden dist[D]rict
[A]Where the plants grow [Em]strong and tall
[G]Behind the bush there
[F#]lurks a girl
[F]Who makes them strong
and [Em]tall
The villagers [B]call [Em]her
[A]Quicklime [G]girl behind her [D]back[E]
[A]Quicklime girl [G]behind [Em]the [E]bush
[A]Quicklime [G]girl
[A]She's [B]the mistress of the salmon salt
Quick[A]lime girl
Quicklime [Em]girl[G]
[A]Quick[F#m]lime g[F#]irl
[Em][F#]

[Verse 2]
[Em]In the fall when p[D]lants return
[A]By harvest time she [Em]knows the score
[G]Ripe and ready [F#]to the eye
Yet [F]rotten somehow [Em]to the core
And they call her
[A]Quicklime [G]girl behind her [D]back[E]
[A]Quick[G]lime girl behind [D]the [Em]bush[E]
[A]Quicklime [G]girl
[B]She's [Bm]the mistress of
[B]the salmon salt
[A]Quicklime girl
Quicklime [G]girl
[A]Quicklime [Em]girl[B]
[Em]

[Verse 3]
A harvest of [B]life a [Bb]harvest of death
One [A]body of life one [G]body of death
[Em]And when you've gone[B] and
[F#]choked [Bbdim]to death[Bb]
With [A]laughter and a [G]little [Em]step
[B]I'll prepare [F#]the quicklime, [Bb]friend
For your [A]ripe and ready [G]grave
For your [Am]ripe and ready grave

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Bb][A][G][Em][B][Bb][Bbdim]
[A][G][Am][C][B]
[E][Em][C][G][A][D][Em][A]
[G][A][D][E][Em][B][Bb][A][G][Em]

[Verse 4]
[Em]It's springtime now and [D]cares subside
And [A]the plannings almost [E]done[Em]
And [G]fertile graves it [F#]seems exist
Within a [F]mile of that Duke's
[Em]joint
Where Coast Guard crews
still [G]take their leave
[A]Quite listless in the sun[D][Em]
And the [G]Quicklime girl still [F#]plies her trade
Re[F]duction of the many from the [Em]one
An[B]d t[Em]hey call h[E]er
[A]Quick[G]lime girl behind her
[D]back[Em][E]
[A]Quicklime [G]girl behind the [D]bush[Em]
[A]Quicklime [G]girl
Well [A]she's the [B]mistress [Bm]of
[B]the salmon salt
[A]Quicklime girl
Quick[G]lime girl they call her
[F#m]Quicklime [B]girl[F#]
[Em]

[Verse 5]
A harvest of [B]life [Bb]a harvest of death
Re[A]sumes its course each [G]day[Em]
[B]It comes as if by [Bb]schedule
[Bbdim]A harvester li[A]fts
[G]his arms to the rain
The [Em]toes [B]that crawl
The knees [F#]that [Bb]jerk
[A]The necks like swans that [G]seem [Em]to turn
As [B]if in[Bb]clined [A]to gasp or pray

[Outro 1]
[G][Em][B][F#][Bbdim][A][G][Em]
[B][Bb][A][G][Em][B][Bb][A][G]
[Em][B][F#][A][G][Am][C][B][Em]
[E]