This Year

Intro: D#m C# F# D#m C# F# Just come down from a high fever, C#6C# from out there in the yard Fm G# C# F# While the pyre is burning, it's hard to feel the weather shift A#m Fm or the fear of the dark A#m D#m Ahhh Chorus: F# C# D#m This year we need a deeper frost C# F# Me and my meadowlark C# D#m Under the winter's fears C# F# Out where the tree line starts C# F Down on the north slope A# B Down to the creek A#m F# Hold tight til spring Interlude: F# C# F# Fm G# C# F# A#m G# C# F# On and on goes the long winter C#6 C# My eyes now fixed to the stars Fm G# C# F# We've been there before and I'm fairly sure we'll find a clearing A#m Fm in the forest of our hearts A#m D#m Ahhh (Chorus) F# C# D#m This year we need a deeper frost C# F# Me and my meadowlark C# D#m Under the winter's fears C# F# Out where the tree line starts C# F Down on the north slope A# B Down to the creek A#m F# Hold tight til spring F# C# D#m But you know I'm not an activist, C# F# not in the purest sense C# D#m I'm not a pacifist C# F# I know which rules to bend G# A#m I just reveal my name B A#m and show my love G# F#m out in the hallows (Chorus) F# C# D#m This year we need a deeper frost C# F# Me and my meadowlark C# D#m Under the winter's fears C# F# Out where the tree line starts C# F Down on the north slope A# B Down to the creek A#m F# Hold tight til spring