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by Joanna Newsom


you cant play this along with the song but i think it sounds ok to just play and sing 


                       
Mes amis, we are restless things
                      
Little seaweed are swaddling
                    
And you call upon the dusk
                  
Of the musk of the squid
                         
Shot full of ink, until you sink
          
Into your crib

           
Show me the house
         
Upon the hill
               
Where you were living
             
Fireplace was stoked
             
The cupboard stocked
        
Full of provision
                   
And the grandfather clock
         
Upon the wall
            
Told us the time
               
And then came a sound
           
Love had to drown
           
Love, were you dying?

                    
Oh was the fire moved away
             
Fire moved away son?
             
Why whould you say
           
I was the last one?

F for a few measures

                          
Scrub your knee, there's only skin
                   
Makes a sound of violins
                    
And you call upon the dusk
                  
Of the musk of the squid
                       
Shot full of ink until you sink
          
Into your crib

           
Show me the house
        
Upon the hill
               
Where you were living
             
Fireplace was stoked
             
The cupboard stocked
        
Full of provisions
                   
And the grandfather clock
         
Upon the wall
            
Told us the time
              
And then came a sound
            
Love had to count
       
On you dying

                    
Oh was the fire moved away?
                  
Fire, it moves away, son
                
Oh, why would you say
           
I was the last one?

F for a few measures

                              
All my bones they are gone, gone, gone
                              
All my bones they are gone, gone, gone
                              
All my bones they are gone, gone, gone