Maps Tab par Themes (Accords Baryton)

D            G             A
Quick dashes mark the property ends

Beach creek
G           A         Bm
A road that turns and bends
Bm
Little squares for houses
G
Strung along roads
Bm
he land transfigured
G         C
Into topographic codes
         
D              G       A
Maps show you what is simple and true
D            G     A         Bm
I'm laying out a bird's eye view
Bm
Not what he told you
G
Just what you see
Bm
What do you know that not


G           C
your  dad's mythology
 
D
Dad was born on this farm
G       A
Here's our house
D                        G   A
Here's the spot where he died
Bm               G
I can draw a circle
G                A      D
His whole life fits inside

D           G        A
Four miles from our door
D          G     A       Bm
I-80 ran from shore to shore
Bm
On its way from the Castro
G
To Christopher Street
Bm
The road not taken
G                 C
Just four miles from our door
 
D
You were born on this farm
G       A
Here's our house
D                         G   A
Here's the spot where you died
Bm               G
I can draw a circle
Bm               G
I can draw a circle
G                A      D
You lived your life inside