B, A, E
E B E D#m B C#m G#m . B
a cold December morning woke me from the window so I rose to see the frozen glow
E B E B
I could see you standing outside with Rufus at your heels
E D#m B C#m G#m C# B
staring at the dawn light falling pink upon the snowy fields
G#m B
and I remember what you said
E D#m G#m B F#
comforts the first thing we forget once the light of day has passed
E B
You said we've come to love the oak grove
E D#m C#m G#m C# B
because the oaks are what we know and when we watched their growth we watch our own
E B E B
when I close my eye lids deep into the night
E D#m B C#m G#m F# B
I still can see the shape of light that shown around you all my life
G#m B
like when the co-o-old autumn rain
G#m D#m
so-o-oaked our skin for days
C#m B F#
you walked us out into the ominous graves
C#m G#m E D#m
to baaaaaptize our young eyes so we know that we make little ourselves
G#m C#m G#m E D#m
though tiiiiiiired and freezing and the photo we remember it well
C#m G#m F# B
though the pressure makes our bodies ache
C#m G#m D#m D#
when the darkness swallows up the day
C#m G#m B
our tiny mouths have only thanks to say