[Intro]
Am
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We came in this world together
G Am
Legs wrapped 'round each other
F
My cheek against my sister's
C G Am
We were born like tangled vine
C G Am
We lived along the river
G Am
Where the black clouds never lingered
F
The sunlight spread like honey
C G Am
Through my sister's tiny hands
C G Am
But while picking sour apples
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Sister stumbled in the brier
C G Am
And was bitten by a snake
[Bridge]
F Am
[Chorus]
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden finger
G Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along
C G Am
Alone I took to drinking
G Am
Bottles of cheap whiskey
F
And staggering through the back woods
C G Am
Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
C G Am
But still I heard her laughing
G Am
In the wild waving grasses
F
Still her tiny hands went splashing
C G Am
At the river's sparkling shore
C G Am
So I took my rusty gas can
G Am
And an old iron shovel
F
I set the woods to burning
C G Am
And choked the river up with stones
[Bridge]
F Am
[Chorus]
G Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G C
Under the sun's golden finger
G Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G Am
Some shadows are dragged along