WARNING: You are trying to view
content from Ultimate-Guitar.com
in an unauthorized application,
which is prohibited.
Please use an official Ultimate
Guitar Tabs application for iPhone,
iPad or Android to access legitimate
chords, guitar, bass, and drum tabs
from Ultimate-Guitar.com database.
Type "ultimate guitar tabs" in Apple
App Store's or Android Market's
search to find the application.
The Spinster's Almanac by Christine Fellows (www.christinefellows.com)
Chords by Farlen
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
C D G F
Saturdays I go to town just to make them laugh
C D G G/F Em
I learned to drive when I was 65 years old
C D G
And I sit poker-straight behind the wheel
Em D G C
Mother died of influenza when we kids were small
Em D G C D
Father never smiled again and seemed to shrink with every passing year
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G
But when I get those old songs in my head
C D
I can’t keep my fingers off the keys
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G F
Through my research I have found all it takes to keep the chickens
C D G G/F Em C D G
Laying eggs is opera or Gershwin played at low volumes on dad's old radio
C D G F
One concession for the hens destined for slaughter:
C D G G/F Em
I read them poetry, they like the Yeats the best
C D G
And frankly, so do I
Em D G C
Who wouldn’t like to wake up on the Isle of Innisfree
Em D G C D
To muck about that bee-loud glade like he?
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G C D
What's good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for you and me
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
Farlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.
Thanks so much for this. Christine has such great songs, and this is one of my favourites. You did a good job, though I'm pretty sure the key is different here than the actual song.
Nevermind, my guitar was still tuned down half a step, key is right, haha.