Chords for Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Talk to Me of Mendocino (Caffe Lena, 1990)

Lena was in a coma for six weeks.
On October _ 23rd, _ 1989, [D] she died.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] I bid farewell [C] to the state of [F] old New York, [C] my _ home away [F] from home.
_ _ _ [Bb] In the state of New York, I [F] came of age [C] when first I started _ [C] home.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] And the trees [F] grow _ high in New York, _ _ [Dm] they _ [Am] shine like [C] _ gold.
[F] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] Never had the blues from whence I [F] _ came, but [D] in New York [F] State [C] I caught them.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Talk to _ me [Bb] of _ _ _ Mendocino, [F] _ close in my eyes [C] I hear [F] the sea.
_ _ _ Must I _ wait, _ must [Bb]
I follow, [F] _ _ won't you say, _ [C] _ come with me?
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] And [Dm] it's on to South Bend, _ _ [F] _ Indiana, [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Western.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Rise up over the rocks, reason down on into [C] _
[F] California.
_ _ [D] _ Out to where but [C] the rocks. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Let [Am] the sun _ [C] set on [F] the ocean, _ [Dm] I [Am] will watch [G] it from [F] the shore. _ _
[Bb] Let the sun rise _
[C] over [F] the _ _ _ _ [D]
Redwoods, I'll rise with it till [C] I rise.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
Talk to me _ of _ _ _ Mendocino, _ _ close in my eyes [C] I hear [F] the sea.
_ _ _ _ Must I wait, [Bb] _ _ must I _ follow, _ [F] _ won't you say, _ [C] _ come _
[F] with me?
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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