C# F# G#
Quick dashes mark the property ends
Beach creek
F# G# A#m
G# road that turns and bends
A#m
Little squares for houses
F#
Strung along roads
A#m
he land transfigured
F# B
Into topographic codes
C# F# G#
Maps show you what is simple and true
C# F# G# A#m
I'm laying out a bird's eye view
A#m
Not what he told you
F#
Just what you see
A#m
What do you know that not
F# B
your dad's mythology
C#
Dad was born on this farm
F# G#
Here's our house
C# F# G#
Here's the spot where he died
A#m F#
I can draw a circle
F# G# C#
His whole life fits inside
C# F# G#
Four miles from our door
C# F# G# A#m
I-80 ran from shore to shore
A#m
On its way from the Castro
F#
To Christopher Street
A#m
The road not taken
F# B
Just four miles from our door
C#
You were born on this farm
F# G#
Here's our house
C# F# G#
Here's the spot where you died
A#m F#
I can draw a circle
A#m F#
I can draw a circle
F# G# C#
You lived your life inside