F, G, F, C

F
Sea water is flowing from the
G
Middle of my thighs
F
Wild buffalo are dancing on
G
Cliff tops in the skies

F
Adorn me in feathers
G
From dead birds and
Am
Contemplate the size of
Leather palettes to wind me in
           Em                G
Put shutters on my eyes

F
They'll cover the hills
                  G
With their sweet flesh
And soft nails
Am
They'll cover the doors
 
                      G  
With their screens that
Their minds disposed

F, G, Am, G

F
Write it down, write it down, 
                 G
Down the names and dates
Of the daughters
           Am
Who pour out of me
                                  C
Like grandmother's vines

F
They hang from the plates
And my eyes see their 
G
Pretty long lashes and beards
F
Guarding the reign of me from them
                      Em
Heedless, trembling toes
G
Gathering rain 
              Am
In their sockets and creases and holes
F
They'll cover the hills
                  G
With their sweet flesh
And soft nails
Am
They'll cover the doors
 
                      G  
With their screens that
Their minds disposed

F
They'll weave their own souls
                G
Into the frame to grow their foliage in
F
They'll sew their own hands
G
Into their beds to keep them crawlers out
F
To keep them crawlers out
G
To keep them crawlers out
F
To keep them crawlers out
C
Keep them crawlers out
C
Keep them crawlers out