Joan Baez - Long Bed From Kenya

long bed from kenya

capo 4th fret

C G Am F
see the redtail on her perch upon the fencepost ,
C G
highway 40 roll on by .
C G Am F
if i could reach across the distance for a moment ,
C G C
i’d steal the sadness from her eyes .
C G Am F
2 . it’s february and the weather’s clear for driving ,
C G
how i’ve missed your tennessee .
C G Am F
the morning sun just stole the shadows from the mountains ,
C G C
and the years away from me .

chorus
G F C
yes i’ve changed and i knew that i was able ,
G E Am
but you still look the same to me .
F G C Am
and your eyes are just as blue across the table ,
C G C
as the sky in tennessee .

+ instrumental

C G Am F
this old farm is ne’er so big as i remember ,
C G
now the fields are burned and brown .
C G Am F
the pigeon river’s running deeper than december ,
C G C
where the winter snows lay down .
C – G Am F
how you love your house and this long bed sent from kenya ,
C G
and the telling of the story of the woman you met there .
C – G Am F
she’s a darkhaired beauty – my hair’s only growing thinner ,
C G C
and my threads a little bare .

G F C
yes i’ve changed and i knew that i was able ,
G E Am
but you still look the same to me .
F G C Am
and your eyes are just as blue across the table ,
C G C
as the sky in tennessee .

instrumental

C G Am F
in the silence hear the years , we dare not speak of ,
C G
let this arrow pass on through .
C G Am F
and i’ll be gone before my heart has met resistance ,
C G C
like you hoped that i would do .

C G Am F
see the redtail turn her wing toward the mountain ,
C G
god there’s sunlight in your smile .
C G Am F
if i could reach across the distance for a moment ,
C G C
i’d steal her memory from your eyes .

G F C
yes i’ve changed and i knew that i was able ,
G E Am
but you still look the same to me .
F G C Am
and your eyes are just as blue across the table ,
C . G C
than the sky in tennessee ( bis )