Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper - Dear Arcansas daughter

                [Intro]
        Bm           A  Em G
Take a swim in the water
        Bm           A  Em G
Take a swim in the water
                      Bm A Em G
Dear Arkansas daughter
Bm A Em G 3x
 
[Verse 1]
Bm      A                 Em 
You with the dark curls, you 
          G             Bm A 
with the watercolored eyes
Em G
Bm        A              Em    
You who bears all your teeth in
   G    Bm A Em G
 every smile
        Bm          A      
Says I can always hear you 
  Em     G             Bm  
sing, I wanna hear you 
A  Em G
speak to me
        Bm          A       Em 
While a stranger braids my hair
      G        Bm A Em G
 back out on the street
     Bm     A        Em   
And in your dreams we are 
    G         Bm A Em G
shooting at snakes
     Bm        A         Em  
And while you were asleep, I 
    G        Bm A Em G
was surely awake
 
[Pre-Chorus]
         Bm    A    Em    G
I was talking out a cigarette
         Bm      A   Em   G
There's nothing left to say
     Bm         A         Em  
But he should have been there 
  G
anyway
        Bm      A       Em 
For I didn't sing a single 
      G    Bm A Em G
song, all day

 
[Chorus]
        Bm A Em G
As my love for you dies
        Bm A Em G
As my love for you dies
        Bm A Em G
As my love for you is steadily 
dying
     Bm     A      Em     
As sharp and serious as a 
 G      Bm A Em G
pistol in the eye
 
Bm A Em G 3x
Bm A Em-- F#m* G - G G
Em Em Am C
G G
 
[Verse 2]
G            Em
My heart is full of swords
Am         C          G G
Full of, full of swords
G              Em            Am
Your love, it knows the Lord
 C G G
G                    Em
Tie my hands and I'm on my 
knees
       Am             C       
As I kneel down, I kneel down 
       G G
in the sea
G              Em
To the ocean floor, I will sink
Am                  C      
Like a steel chest full of 
       G G
weapons
G                        Em
And all in spite of the tide, 
you will rise
        Am            C     
Like a red, ripe, red, ripe 
      G G
apple
G                    Em
Take a swim in the dirty water
Am      C           G G
Dear Arkansas Daughter
G                   Em
Take a swim in the dirty water
Am         C               G 
Darling, child, true love of 
G
mine
G  Em  Am C 2x
G
Bm A Em G 2x
 
[Chorus]
       Bm   A   Em   G
As my love for you dies
       Bm   A   Em   G
As my love for you dies
       Bm   A           Em     
As my love for you is steadily 
  G
dying
Bm          A       Em       
Darling, child, true love of 
 G
mine
Bm          A    Em    G     
Darling, child, true love of 
    Bm A Em
mine
       G        Bm A Em
True love of mine
       G        Bm A
True love of mine
Em  F#m* G
 
[The End]