Muddy Hymnal  by Iron and Wine



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Iron and Wine -  Muddy Hymnal
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(Capo I)

C                             D
We found your name across the chapel door
G                        C
carved in cursive with a table fork
G                      C                      D   +sus
muddy hymnals and some boot marks where you'd been

C                             D
The shaking preacher told the captain's man
G                         C
the righteous suffer in a fallen land
G                                 D                   G  (walk up to C)
then pulled the shade to keep the crowd from peeking in

C                             D
We found your children by the tavern door
G                          C
with wooden buttons and an apple core
G                         C              D   +sus
playing house and telling everyone you'd drowned

C                             D
The begging choir told the captain's man
G                        C
we all assume the worst the best we can
G                           D               G  (walk up to C)
and for a round or two they gladly drag you down

[LEAD]

C                             D
We found you sleeping by your lover's stone
G                        C
a ream of paper and a telephone
G                      C           D   +sus
a broken bow across a long lost violin

C                             D
Your lover's angel told the captain's man
G                        C
it never ends the way we had it planned
G                                 D                G 
and kissed her palm and placed it on your dreaming head

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