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Four Fires
Intro (and verses):  Em—Asus2  (x2)
EmDear seven sisters, all is distance hAsus2ere All look into never 
Emout of every face I'll let you be my Asus2belief if I can be your doubt
EmSigned from Persia: Kind subversion oAsus2f a kind I couldn't say
EmAs our blessed lack of conversation HAsus2as kept me alive so far today
                                   Em   Asus2(x2)
EmAll my savings soon were spent, so in Asus2the vales of early Fall
EmUnder table, covered rent by packing Asus2bales of barley straw
EmWith efforts held to circumvent the wAsus2atchful eye of federal law
EmAnd mama, though I've been so aloneAsus2  
GMy faith in lovDe is still deAsus2vout  (x 4)
EmWith solemn sounds the potter's grounAsus2d beneath our bare wandering feet
EmOur crooked hearts in Sacred Harp sanAsus2g out of the dark inside us deep
EmTheir shapes of sorrow fell like shadAsus2ows on the farm-to-market roads
EmThat led my stumbling steps back homeAsus2  
EmBut mama why four fires burning? Why Asus2so quiet Father's room?
EmHas he not heard his son returning? oAsus2r has he gone to gather food?
EmOr is he stomping in the forest? or hAsus2as he wandered into town?
Em"Son, I think it's best that you sit Asus2down-
GHis faith in loDve was still Asus2devout..." (x 7, x1 over last 'devout')
BmMama, sinGg my favoriAte hymn  As GI sink deep into the grass
BmAnd the nGight birds Abeat me with Gtheir wings With horrid laughter as they pass
BmThe stage Ggoes dim, Aits pageants Gfinished Fleeting worlds to which I've clung with a now extinguished longing 
BmMama, sinGg my favoriAte hymn WherGe we make ploughshares from our swords
BmAnd the mGason's barbAer trim  our GChristmas tree In the Oneness of the Lord
BmWhat gracGe surroundsA! what stranGge perfection! Mamma, sing my favorite hymn
Remind me Everyone is him

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Four Fires

by mewithoutYou

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Asus2

Four Fires

Intro (and verses): Em—Asus2 (x2)

Em Asus2

Dear seven sisters, all is distance here All look into never

Em Asus2

out of every face I'll let you be my belief if I can be your doubt

Em Asus2

Signed from Persia: Kind subversion of a kind I couldn't say

Em Asus2

As our blessed lack of conversation Has kept me alive so far today

Em Asus2

(x2)

Em Asus2

All my savings soon were spent, so in the vales of early Fall

Em Asus2

Under table, covered rent by packing bales of barley straw

Em Asus2

With efforts held to circumvent the watchful eye of federal law

Em Asus2

And mama, though I've been so alone

G D Asus2

My faith in love is still devout (x 4)

Em Asus2

With solemn sounds the potter's ground beneath our bare wandering feet

Em Asus2

Our crooked hearts in Sacred Harp sang out of the dark inside us deep

Em Asus2

Their shapes of sorrow fell like shadows on the farm-to-market roads

Em Asus2

That led my stumbling steps back home

Em Asus2

But mama why four fires burning? Why so quiet Father's room?

Em Asus2

Has he not heard his son returning? or has he gone to gather food?

Em Asus2

Or is he stomping in the forest? or has he wandered into town?

Em Asus2

"Son, I think it's best that you sit down-

G D Asus2

His faith in love was still devout..." (x 7, x1 over last 'devout')

Bm G A G

Mama, sing my favorite hymn As I sink deep into the grass

Bm G A G

And the night birds beat me with their wings With horrid laughter as they pass

Bm G A G

The stage goes dim, its pageants finished Fleeting worlds to which I've clung with a now extinguished longing

Bm G A G

Mama, sing my favorite hymn Where we make ploughshares from our swords

Bm G A G

And the mason's barber trim our Christmas tree In the Oneness of the Lord

Bm G A G

What grace surrounds! what strange perfection! Mamma, sing my favorite hymn

Remind me Everyone is him

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