Intro
Em 
Em C G 
Em Dm C 
Am G C 
Am G Em 
Am 
D7 C Am 
 
Verse 1
Em              C               G 
A wicker basket, sitting on the doorstep 
Em                   Dm         C 
An unlucky widow's desire to be free 
Am            G C Am                     G Em Am 
Of all at last,   the bread and the mask 
                                D7   C         Am 
And the numbing to death, it was too much, you see 
 
Chorus 1
Dm                                   C               Am 
Drawing closed the window shade on a dark and stormy night 
   Em                            Am 
To shut out the peering eyes and keep in the bright lights 
Dm                                 Am 
A burning log smolderin' up in the fireplace 
      Em                                     Am Fmaj7/A Am 
Just another thing which has already met its end 
 
Verse 2
Em                      C                       G 
Where has it taken them, to a dark and desolate forest 
Em                              Dm                   C 
Were the words not strong enough or heeded less than milder 
Am                        G C Am                          G Em Am 
When everyone had told you      that it would come to this 
            G   D7        C         Am 
That in the end you would be still, bliss 
 
Chorus 2
Dm                                    C     Am 
Around the corner in a five-cent copy store 
 Em                        Am 
Across the street from the park 
Dm                             Am 
The one we watched July Fourth in the dark 
Em           Am 
Is a child within 
Em        Am 
Is my old kin 
Em          Am 
Is the end again