e|-3------------------------3------------------------------------------------| B|-0------------------------2------------------------------------------------| G|-0------------------------3------------------------------------------------| D|-0------------------------0------------------------------------------------| A|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-0---------------------------------------2---------------------------------| B|-1---------------------------------------3---------------------------------| G|-0---------------------------------------2----0-0-0-0---0-------2----------| D|-2---------------------------------------0------------2---2-2-0---0-0------| A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------3-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----0---------------------0-------2---2---2--------------------------------| D|--0---0-0---------------2---2-2-0---0---0---0-0----------------------------| A|----------0-2-3-2-0--------------------------------------------------------| E|-3-3-3-3-3---------3-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------| (picking only) Echoes down water wells Picked up in sacred spirographs Weekend and winter's unendable bendable ba-by VERSE (strumming) They buried him next to his first wife His widow watched from under a visor Daughter tried to keep her out of the sun that was blazing Oh, oh Chorus Then the sun went down And she went to sleep She lays her burden down She don't need to sleep (repeat x 2) VERSE When they were done they went back home To a house he built with opposable thumbs When they were so much younger Oh, oh Five years later she died in her house All the breath that blows all the dust around It just keeps on sifting Oh, oh Chorus Then the sun went down And she went to sleep She lays her burden down She don't need to sleep, oh no (repeat x 3) VERSE (single strum) Echoes down water wells Picked up in sacred spirograph Weekend and winter's unendable bendable ba-by
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