Chords for Murray McLauchlan with Kate and Anna McGarrigle: The Shining Birch Tree (1992)

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Oh, you girls of the village, [F] ye girls [C] in the town, it's a long time, [G] a very long time
for a [C] man who [A] is after [G] being out [C] on his own, [F] out [Em] on his own.
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[G] When the whiskey jacks sing and [C] souls dance so free [G] in the land of the [C] muskeg and the
shining birch tree, [Em] _ _ _ [Am] the [G] muskeg and the shining [C] birch tree. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now it's all very well in [F] the full of the [C] day when there's no _ time, not [G]
very much time
[C] for a man to [A] be thinking [G] of the things that [C] don't pay, [F] the things that [E] don't pay.
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_ [A] _ _ [G] The rapids are rushing [C] so grand and so free [G] in the land of the muskeg [C] and the shining
birch tree, [Em] _ _
[A] the _ [G] muskeg and the shining [C] birch tree. _ _
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But in the quiet of the evening [F] when the camp [C] settles down and the night is cold, [G] so very
cold [C] and the old [Am] rory bory [G] starts shifting _ [C] around, _ [Dm] shifting _ [Em] around.
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[G] And you think of the warm lips and [C] the laughing so free [G] in the land of the muskeg [C] and the
shining birch tree, [Em] _ _ [A] the muskeg [G] and the shining [C] birch _ tree. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come the in-between seasons [F] of the breeze and [C] the thaw and it's let's go, hey [G] come on,
let's go for [C] we're off for [Am] some fun with the [G] girls of the [C] town, [F] the girls [Em] of the town. _ _
The [Am] _ _ _ [G] popular _ guy when [C] his money flows free [G] in the land of the muskeg [C] and the shining
birch tree, [Em] _ _
[A] the muskeg [G] and the shining [C] birch tree.
Let's go, Anna. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ When the huskies are howling [F] and the cold [C] winter's done, then he'll _ recall, [G] oh how we
_ _ _ [C] spent all [A] his money [G] on the girls of [C] the town, [F] the girls [Em] of the town. _ _
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So boy save your money [C] or you'll all be like me [G] in the land of the [C] muskeg and the shining
birch tree, _ [Em] _ _ [Am] the _ [G] muskeg and the shining [C] birch tree.
Take it out, you luggers.
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_ _ _ Are we ready?
_ All right. _ _