Rock Salt and Nails

CAPO: 4th Fret D D By the banks of the river G D D Where the willows hang down Bm G And the wild birds all warble___ D D With their high, lonesome sound Bm G Down in some hollow___ D D Where the waters run cold C G It was there I first listened D D To the lies that you told D If the young men were blackbirds G D D The young men were thrushes Bm G I would lay by the hours___ D D In the cold rainy marshes Bm G If the young men were squirrels D D With high bushy tails C G I'd fill up my shotgun D With rock salt and nails INSTRUMENTAL: D G D G D G D Bm G D G D BGDGDCGD G D Now I lie in my bed_____ G D D And I see your sweet face Bm G The past I remember___ D D Time cannot erase Bm G The letters you wrote me__ D D Were written in shame C G And I know that your conscience D D Echoes my name D Lord, I lie here each night G D D All alone and I weep Bm G Nothing ain't worse D D Than a night without sleep Bm G I walk out alone___ D D Under the sky C G Too empty to sing D D Too lonesome to cry INSTRUMENTAL: D G D G D G D Bm G D G D BGDGDCGD G D If the ladies were blackbirds____ G D D And the young men were thrushes Bm G I'd lie there for hours___ D D In the cold rainy marshes Bm G If the ladies were squirrels D D With high bushy tails C G I'd fill up my shotgun___ D D With rock salt and nails C G I'd fill up my shotgun___ D GD With rock salt and nails