Standard (EADGBE)
Rise up now, my darling
Pull this poncho off you
Trade it for what is in my trembling hand
Throw it on
Now we bear the colors
Of the life eternal
Here on our sweatshirts they are gold and tan
Peach and grey
I hear sung the song of birds
The notes of thrush and wren
And all things are sighing out
From burrow, nest, and den
(play twice:)
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oo-oo-oo-oh Oo-oo-oo-oh
Sever the silver cord
And break the golden bowl
And let us return to dust
And be at last made whole
(play twice:)
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oo-oo-oo-oh Oo-oo-oo-oh
(play twice:)
And all the colors are gold and tan
And they are peach and grey
And they are gold and tan and peach and grey
Steal away forever
Dance alone and darkly
Learn things forgotten
Things that you missed, ways to move
No more - (no more!) - no more talk of where or when
and no more - (no more!) - no feelings of vague rapport
and no more - (no more!) - no meeting with outstretched arms
any no more - (no more!) - no bells on your shoes or sleaves, or neck or hair
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oo-oo-oo-oh Oo-oo-oo-oh
(play twice:)
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oooooooohhhhh!
Oo-oo-oo-oh Oo-oo-oo-oh
(play four times:)
And all the colors are gold and tan
And they are peach and grey
And they are gold and tan and peach and grey