Tom: A
A D
I lived awhile without you
E F#m
Darn near half my life
D
I no longer see our unborn children
E
Born to you my unwed wife
D A
But yesterday I had a vision
E F#m
Beneath the tree where we once talked
D
Of an old couple burning their love letters
E
So their children won't be shocked
[Chorus]
D A
Love calls like the wild birds
E F#m
It's another day
D
A spring wind blew my list of
G A
Things to do ... away
[Verse 2]
A D
My friends are gettin older
E F#m
So I guess I must be too
D
Without their love and kindness
E
I don't know what I'd do
D A
Oh the wine bottle's half empty
E F#m
The money's all spent
D
We're a cross between our parents
E
And hippies in a tent
[Chorus]
D A
Love calls like the wild birds
E F#m
It's another day
D
A spring wind blew my list of
G A
Things to do ... away
[Verse 3]
A D
In a mucked up, lovely river
E F#m
I cast my little fly
D
I look at that river and smell it
E
And it makes me wanna cry
D A
Oh, to clean our dirty planet
E F#m
Now there's a noble wish
D
And I'm puttin my shoulder to the wheel
E
'cause I wanna catch some fish
[Chorus]
D A
Love calls like the wild birds
E F#m
It's another day
D
A spring wind blew my list of
G A
Things to do ... away
[Verse 4]
A D
Children go to sleep now
E F#m
You know it's gettin' late
D
I know you don't like to miss nothin'
E
And school ain't that great
D A
Oh, I'll dance with you when you're happy
E F#m
And hold you when you're sad
D
Hope you know how glad I am
E
Just to be your dad
[Chorus]
D A
Love calls like the wild birds
E F#m
It's another day
D
A spring wind blew my list of
G A
Things to do ... away
[Verse 5]
A D
Darlin' it's been a hard go
E F#m
But I think we'll be okay
D
I know I say that all the time
E
Like everything else I say
D A
Oh, I've been gone so often
E F#m
But every time I miss you
D
I don't really know nothin'
E
Except I'd like to kiss you
[Chorus]
D A
Love calls like the wild birds
E F#m
It's another day
D
A spring wind blew my list of
G A
Things to do ... far ... away
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thanks to Howard at the Putney Co-op
