Biography:
Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa.
During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St.
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Other songs:
- 857
- Bucket
- Canned Goods
- Cept You And Me Babe
- Early
- Heart Of My Country
- Here In The Going Going Gone
- If I Ever Do See You Again
- In The Dark With You
- Like A Dog
- Nice When It Rains
- Rooty Toot Toot For The Moon
- Spring Wind
- The Poet Game
- The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
- Trump Cant Have That
- Who Woulda Thunk It
- Worrisome Years
[Verse 1]
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 ... away
-------------------------------
Transcribed by Mike Ferney ([email protected])
thanks to Howard at the Putney Co-op
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 ... away
-------------------------------
Transcribed by Mike Ferney ([email protected])
thanks to Howard at the Putney Co-op
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