Chord/Tab song: How to Grow a Woman From the Ground

My only note is that on the bridge ("I'll take you into town...") you should walk


the bass up E-F#-G#-A and then A-B-C#-D.

Enjoy.

Intro:
[F#m7] [Bm7] [E] [C#7]
[F#m7] [Bm7] [Ab7] [C#7]
[F#m7] [Bm7] [E] [C#7]
[A] [C#7] [Dmaj7]
I caught a string full of fish down by the dam
[F#m7]I'll drag them bac[Bm7]k to the fiel[E]d they shoul[C#7]d be dead by then
[F#m7]Wipe the sweat off m[Bm7]y neck and tally [Ab7]ho the plow[C#7]
[F#m7]I'm gonna grow [Bm7]a woman from the [E]ground[C#7]
[A] [C#7] [Dmaj7]
The night was a chalkboard with a fingernail moon
If the fish ain't dead yet they will be pretty soon
Kinda like the feeling at an old folks home
Even though you love them you can't wait for them to go

I'll call her Angelina she's a teacher I once had
A halo of honey wrapped around her head
And she always used to give me some when I was a kid
I told her that I loved her and then I went and hid

I'll take you into town and I'll show you off
And [E]there's room on[A] your dr[Dmaj7]ess for a corsage
And I[E]'ll open up eve[A]ry door [Dmaj7]for you
[E] [A] [Dmaj7]
Ooo...
[F#m7]Ooo...[A][Dmaj7]
[E] [A] [Dmaj7]
I opened up my almanac and in my head I read
Cut your wrist on the fins of the fish and drain all you can
So I rolled up my sleeves and then began to draw lines just as deep as the days are long

I sewed up my wrist and sewed the ground with my blood
Staind up my clothes pretty good and I turned that dirt to mud
I couldn't help but close my eyes and lay my body down
'Cause I heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground

I bleed for you now and I'm skinny as a rail
And I'll be so obliged to keep you nice and warm and safe
and won't you be so proud of me



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Chris Thile is a mandolin virtuoso, singer, and songwriter/composer. He is a solo
artist as well as the lead singer of the bluegrass groups Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers.