verse 1 
C         G                Am         G 
Love, I know, it's been a long, long year 
  C      G             Am            G 
What we lived in the flicker of the light 
   C          G             Am              G 
I hung those feathers like hair upon your shoulder 
 C          G            Am             G 
Best not untethered our bodies to the ground 


[Refrão]
 
         F                   G 
Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope, 
  Am            G 
Cradled by the dawn, 
    F             G 
The afterglow, a mothers' love, 
   Am                 G 
A deer trail in the snow. 

Instrumental 
C G Am G 

verse 2 
C            G            Am         G 
I keep the static playing on the radio, 
 C          G 
You move through the room, 
        Am      G 
With a misty halo.
 

[Refrão]

         F                   G 
Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope, 
  Am            G 
Cradled by the dawn, 
    F             G 
The afterglow, a mothers' love, 
   Am                 G 
A deer trail in the snow. 
     F               G 
And we unfold to the edge of it, 
    Am               G 
A crimson sky hangs low, 
   F                G 
A rush of blood, a hammer blow, 
    Am                G 
A deer trail in the snow. 

Instrumental 
Am G Am G 
Am G Am G 
Am G Am G 
Am G Am G 


[Refrão]
 
         F                   G 
Like a flightless bird on a wide-winged hope, 
  Am            G 
Cradled by the dawn, 
    F             G 
The afterglow, a mothers' love, 
   Am                 G 
A deer trail in the snow. 
     F               G 
And we unfold to the edge of it, 
    Am               G 
A crimson sky hangs low, 
   F                G 
A rush of blood, a hammer blow, 
    Am                G 
A deer trail in the snow. 

Outro 
C G Am G 

C         G                Am         G 
Love, I know, it's been a long, long year