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. [Refrão]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)