Chords for Sandstone - Can You Mend A Silver Thread? (1971)

_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
How fast [Bb] can you mend [Ab] a _ silver thread, [Cm] when one [Bb] stitch comes [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G]
undone?
[Cm] How _ many [Bb] hours [G] must a _ spider knit, [Ab] to rise in the web [Cm] of one? _ _
_ _ How long [C] must a worm [Ab] brain hold, [Bb] _ until [Cm] the right [Bb] of a string [Eb] is sewn?
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] How many [Bb] _ days [Ab] must I pass [Bb] by, until _ [Ab] I [Bb] will know [Cm] my mind has grown? _ _ _ _
I'm [Gm] _ sleeping [G] _
in [Bb] the corner, [Cm] my [C] antlers have [Eb] begun to _ [G] _ spear
[Cm] _
I [C] will take [G] them down [Bb] _ directly, [Ab] although _ [Bb] she's shaking
[Cm] _ _
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[Bb] Verdict of [Ab] my wicked [Bb] trial [Cm] is not [Gm] the _ _ [Eb] pillow's _ [G] _ ease
[Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ What [Ab] live in [Bb] my hand is not [Bb] the _ _ [Cm] spade's _ blow
_ At [Bb] death or burial, [Ab] _
words are mine, _ [Cm] _
waiting [Gm] to [Eb] flow _
_ [G] free
[Cm] What _ [Bb] I'm inside [Ab] is all I can find, to _ [Bb] say it's a [Cm] part of me _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Bb] But _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ when _ [Bb] the [Ab] silver thread [Bb] is wounded, [Cm] and right [Bb] of string [Eb] is _ [G] sewn
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] Spiders knit [Ab] our [Bb] lives together, [Ab] _
I [Bb] will know _ _ our love has [C] grown _ _ _ _
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