CAPO: 1st Fret 



Intro: G  D 

N.C.   G 
As the sun is to the city 
       Gmaj7 
In the endless weeping winter 
      C 
So is joy to me, and pity 
        Em                D 
When he leaves me falsely tender 


         G 
Like the true love's knot we tethered 
        Gmaj7 
Plastic ivy 'round the portal 
       C 
For to frame the spring forever 
           Em                D           C 
Though the blizzard took the mortal holy rose 
D                          G     D 
It's always winter when he goes 


     G 
As a matter of convenience 
         Gmaj7 
We don't speak of dying gardens 
     C 
As a woman of heart and lenience 
       Em              D 
I make liberal with my pardons 


     G 
I am generous with kindness 
        Gmaj7 
He with smiles and exaltations 
          C 
Though he binds his wounds in silence 
     Em               D                C 
I my own in practiced patience lest he know 
D                          C 
It's always winter when he goes  
D                          G      
It's always winter when he goes 


Em    C                   Bm 
He collects the twigs and briars 
  C          D      Em 
I stack them up for fire 
         D              C 
But it's chilly for the burning 
    Em        C               Bm 
And he really slumbers in the straw 
  C        D       Em 
I hold out for the thaw 
        D                C 
For the seasons won't be turning 


       G 
As I'm writing you this letter 
    Gmaj7 
The bluestem's running riot 
    C 
And daisies break their fetters 
        Em                D 
And the bees will not lay quiet 


       G 
If you find him where he's dancing 
         Gmaj7 
With his lover or his jailer 
       C 
Say in April's splendid mansion 
      Em            D              C 
I lay broken by his trailer in the snow  
D                          C 
It's always winter when he goes 
D                          C 
It's always winter when he goes 
D                          G     D  C 
It's always winter when he goes