Verse
[C/Bb] [Am6]
A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road
[Fm6/Ab]
It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
[C6/G] [Gm7] [C7] [Am6/F#]
It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun
[Fm7] [C9/G]
It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun
[C7/G] [D7/F#]
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush
[Fm6] [C9/G]
The knot in the wood, the song of a thrush
[Gm7] [C7] [D7/F#]
The will of the wind, a cliff, a fall
[Fm7] [Fm6] [C9/G]
A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
[C7/G] [C7] [Am6/F#]
It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of the slope
[Fm6] [C9/G]
It's a beam, it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope
Chorus
[C/G] [C7/G] [Am6/F#]
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
[Fm6] [C9/G]
It's the end of the strain, it's the joy in your heart
Verse
[C/G] [C/Bb] [Am6]
The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone
[Fm6/Ab] [C9/G]
The beat of the road, a slingshot's stone
[C/Bb] [D7/F#]
A fish, a flash, a silvery glow
[Fm6] [C9/G]
A fight, a bet, the range of a bow
[C/Bb] [Am6]
The bed of the well, the end of the line
[Fm6/Ab] [C9/G]
The dismay in the face, it's a loss, it's a find
[C/Bb] [Am6]
A spear, a spike, a point, a nail
[Fm6/Ab] [C/G]
A drip, a drop, the end of the tale
[Gm9/C] [D7/F#]
A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light
[Bb7/F]
The shot of a gun in the dead of the night
[C/Bb] [Am6]
A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump,
[Fm6/Ab] [C9/G]
It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps
[Gm7] [C9] [D/C]
The plan of the house, the body in bed
[Fm/C] [C6/G]
And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud
[Gm/C] [C7] [D7/C]
A float, a drift, a flight, a wing
[Fm9/C] [C]
A hawk, a quail, the promise of spring
Chorus
[C] [C7/G] [Am6/F#]
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
[Fm] [Fm6] [C6]
It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart
Instrumental
[F#/E] [Eb/Db] [C/Bb] [Am6] [Fm6/Ab] [C/G] [Gb7b5] [F] [Fm6] [C6] [C/Bb] [Am6] [Fm6/Ab]
Verse
[C/G] [C/Bb] [Am6]
A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe
[Fm6/Ab] [C6/G]
It's a thorn in your hand and a cut in your toe
[C/Bb] [Am6]
A point, a grain, a bee, a bite
[Fm6/Ab] [C9/G]
A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night
[C/Bb] [Am6]
A pin, a needle, a sting, a pain
[Fm6/Ab] [C/G]
A snail, a riddle, a wasp or a stain
[C/G] [Cm7] [D/C]
A pass in the mountains, a horse and a mule
[Fm6/C] [C]
In the distance the shelves rode three shadows of blue
Chorus
[C] [Cm7] [D/C]
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
[Db/C] [C/G]
It's the promise of life in your heart, in your heart
Verse
[C] [C/Bb] [Am6]
A stick, a stone, the end of the load
[Fm6/Ab] [C9/G]
The rest of a stump, a lonesome road
[Gm7] [C7] [D/C]
A sliver of glass, a life, the sun
[Fm6] [G#dim/C] [C/G]
A night, a death, the end of the run
Chorus
[C/G] [Gm7] [C7] [D/C]
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
[Fm6] [C9]
It's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart
