Timothy Hay Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

On a coldE December, just before Edawn

As the Esun said Hello! to the sky E A

The Mantis prayed while the Lamellicorn

Tunneled and rolled in a threadbare tie

While the Holland Lops in the Karakung Glades

Indignantly thump their feet and hop away

When they cut their noses on the sharp-tipped blades

(Which the grass doesn't mind in the least)

And there's a heat-pat waiting in the chicken-wire hutch

Where the does from the Netherlands stay

But that dry alfalfa don't taste like much

And we're tired of the timothy hay

E E E E A E

E E E D A

E E E E A

I Etouched her back, she was lyinEg facedown

As the Edew turned to frost around her eyesD, A E

Me and Sister EMargaret on the EPentagon lawn

ArresEted, our wrists in a plasticE tie A E

While the rats by the tracks on these winter days

Seeking shelter from the cold make a nest

From the tracts of our various ways

They can save their immortal

sBmouls

Bm Cm

A D

CmOh no timothy hay, Ano more timothy hay, etc.

(repeat progression from the second stanza)

On a cold December, just after dusk

As the sun bids its cordial goodbyes,

We'll be split to pieces like an apple seed husk

To reveal the tree that's been hidden inside

Which sapling called in a tattered sarong

As the seeds from the Shepherd's Purse fell,

Broke the news to Mom,

We found a better Mom we call 'God,'

Which she took quite well

Singing, what a beautiful God there must be!

(End on E chord)