Goodbye I Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C x8

Verse 1

 The fCarmer drove his tractor where the Csoil had been tilled

 planting Emcorn in rank and file from the Emsilo to the lumber mill

 he rCode along in silence as lCooked out past the honeysuckle Emfield

 watched the water turnEm turn the water wheel

 started thCinking about his daughter with Caffection her reaction of disEmdain

 the day he replaced the blue hydrEmangea with the climbing grain

 while her Cdisappointed sister looked on Cquiet as the snow

 knowing wEmell that those that know don't talk and tEmhose that talk don't know

Chorus 1

 but she Gcouldn't help but sing

 she Gcouldn't help but sing

 No, she cEmouldn't help but sing

 she Emcouldn't help but sing

 She tried but she Gcouldn't help but sing

 she Gcouldn't help but sing

 No, Emshe couldn't help but sing

 she Emcouldn't help but sing

Verse 2

(Repeat chords from Verse 1: C C Em Em)

the tortoise in the wheelchair wrapped his forehead in a bandage

with a cast they made from plaster for his phony broken leg

so he'd get pushed around the sidewalk by the zookeeper's assistant

with the hummingbird observing from behind the yellow flower

and he flapped his tiny wings they moved so fast you couldn't see them

with resentment for the tortoise which was clear by his expression

but the tortoise turned and smiled with a peacefulness which proved

that there's a movement in our stillness and however much we move

Chorus 2

(Repeat chords from Chorus 1: G G Em Em)

we're bound to stand completely still

we stand completely still

we all stand completely still

we stand completely still

Let's all stand completely still

Let's stand completely still

Let's all stand completely still

Let's stand completely still

Bridge

G D Em Em x2

Ending: (Repeat Bridge chords until end)

G come tortoise, standing Dstill

  go hummingbird,Em my will Em

come tortoise, stumbling blind

go hummingbird, my eyes

come tortoise, empty hand

go hummingbird, my plan

come tortoise, undefined

go hummingbird, my mind

come tortoise, letting go

go hummingbird, I know

come tortoise, come and die

go hummingbird, my I

goodbye, I, goodbye, I

goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

(End on Em chord)