Yankee Bayonet

( Intro ) C Am C Am ( note : the Intro lick uses Cadd9 , if you’re lazy and don’t wanna play the riff you can add the ninth after defining the chord ) C Am heart - carved tree trunk , yankee bayonet C Am a sweetheart left behind C Am far from the hills of the sea - swelled carolinas C Am that’s where my true love lies ( C Am C Am ) C Am look for me when the sun - bright swallow C Am sings upon the birch bough high C Am but you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils C Am all a’chew upon your bones so dry ( C Am C Am x2 ) ( Chorus ) A Cmaj7 but when the sun breaks A Cmaj7 G to no more bullets in battle creek A Cmaj7 then will you make a grave A F for i will be home then G i will be home then F i will be home then G i will be home then then ( Interlude ) C Am C Am ( note : in the same style as the Intro ) C Am when i was a girl how the hills of oconee C Am made a seam to hem me in C Am there at the fair when our eyes caught , careless C Am got my heart right pierced by a pin ( C Am C Am ) C Am but oh , did you see all the dead of manassas C Am all the bellies and the bones and the bile C Am no , i lingered here with the blankets barren C Am and my own belly big with child ( C Am C Am x2 ) ( Chorus ) A Cmaj7 but when the sun breaks A Cmaj7 G to no more bullets in battle creek A Cmaj7 then will you make a grave A F for i will be home then G i will be home then F i will be home then G i will be home then ( Bridge ) F G stems and bones and stone walls too G could keep me from you F Em skein of skin is all too few G to keep me from you ( C Am C Am ) ( note : in the same style as the Intro ) C Am but oh my love , though our bodies may be parted C Am though our skin may not touch skin C Am look for me with the sun - bright sparrow C Am i will come on the breath of the wind C Am C Am x2