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Augie March – The Cold Acre
Capo 2
Standard Tuning
INTRO (on piano)
e|-Fmaj7--------|-Em--------|
B|-----1---|-----0---|
G|---2---2-|---0---0-|(repeat x2)
D|-3-------|-2-------|
A|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|
Fmaj7- Em(repeat x2)
There's a Fmaj7place I've been told, and when I grow old I may Emgo there,
I've been Fmaj7told that my family's bones may lie under the Emsnow there,
And with my little Cbag, and with my little Emdog,
Who Fsleeps on my chest when he can't find a hole in a Glog,
And when I Emgo, my dog will Fmaj7know
to leave his old fellow and find a new pillow, 
Gfar from the chill of the cold acre.
Fmaj7|Em  
Now there's a Fmaj7Hillydale here and a Lilydale there
where there's Emjoy in the living, in voices that ring in the Fmaj7air
EmI'd stay there but sooner or later I'd have to Cgo,
where I don't Emknow,
but when a Fdog knows it's on him he doesn't ask why he just Ggoes,
And when I Emgo my bones will Fknow,
to pick up and follow the wagon that rolls 
on the Gcold acre...
My heart is a Ccold acre, 
in my chest is Ema cold acre,
I don't Fgrow any good anymore though 
I've seeded my Gsoul with
all kinds of love, that it aches so...
Fmaj7- Em(repeat x2)
SOLO
C-Em-F-G-Em-F--G-
Though I Fmaj7wake from them mouthing they leave me not able to Emtalk,
These Fmaj7dreams are not nightmares but realms I've been choosing to Emwalk,
With my little Cbag, and with my little Emdog,
Who Frests on my stomach and barks at the oncoming Gfog,
O but when I Emgo, with my lot in Ftow,
Like a vampire carry my piece of the earth 
from thGe place of my death to the plots of my birth...
My heart is a Ccold acre, 
in my chest is Ema cold acre,
I don't Fgrow any good anymore though 
I've seeded my Gsoul with all kinds of love
that don't grow in a Ccold acre, 
nothing grows in Ema cold acre,
I don't Fknow any good anymore from the bad G  
except there's one that you have and one that you had,
O Emgrow, grow, grow, grow, Fgrow,
And plant me in the only place I Gknow,
That's the Cold Acre. 
Fmaj7- Em(repeat x8)

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The Cold Acre

by Augie March

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Augie March – The Cold Acre

Capo 2

Standard Tuning

INTRO (on piano)

Fmaj7 Em

e|---------|---------|

B|-----1---|-----0---|

G|---2---2-|---0---0-|(repeat x2)

D|-3-------|-2-------|

A|---------|---------|

E|---------|---------|

Fmaj7 Em

- (repeat x2)

Fmaj7 Em

There's a place I've been told, and when I grow old I may go there,

Fmaj7 Em

I've been told that my family's bones may lie under the snow there,

C Em

And with my little bag, and with my little dog,

F G

Who sleeps on my chest when he can't find a hole in a log,

Em Fmaj7

And when I go, my dog will know

to leave his old fellow and find a new pillow,

far from the chill of the cold acre.

Fmaj7 Em

Fmaj7

Now there's a Hillydale here and a Lilydale there

Em Fmaj7

where there's joy in the living, in voices that ring in the air

Em C

I'd stay there but sooner or later I'd have to go,

where I don't know,

F G

but when a dog knows it's on him he doesn't ask why he just goes,

Em F

And when I go my bones will know,

to pick up and follow the wagon that rolls

on the cold acre...

My heart is a cold acre,

in my chest is a cold acre,

I don't grow any good anymore though

I've seeded my soul with

all kinds of love, that it aches so...

Fmaj7 Em

- (repeat x2)

SOLO

C-Em-F-G-Em-F--G-

Fmaj7 Em

Though I wake from them mouthing they leave me not able to talk,

Fmaj7 Em

These dreams are not nightmares but realms I've been choosing to walk,

C Em

With my little bag, and with my little dog,

F G

Who rests on my stomach and barks at the oncoming fog,

Em F

O but when I go, with my lot in tow,

Like a vampire carry my piece of the earth

from the place of my death to the plots of my birth...

My heart is a cold acre,

in my chest is a cold acre,

I don't grow any good anymore though

I've seeded my soul with all kinds of love

that don't grow in a cold acre,

nothing grows in a cold acre,

F G

I don't know any good anymore from the bad

except there's one that you have and one that you had,

Em F

O grow, grow, grow, grow, grow,

And plant me in the only place I know,

That's the Cold Acre.

Fmaj7 Em

- (repeat x8)

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