House and Man

from Edward Thomas 2 by Toby Darling

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House and Man
BY EDWARD THOMAS
A* D*
One hour: as dim he and his house now look
Am Gm7
As a reflection in a rippling brook,
Bb Eb
While I remember him; but first, his house.
Dm7 C
Empty it sounded. It was dark with forest boughs
A* D*
That brushed the walls and made the mossy tiles
Am Gm7
Part of the squirrels’ track. In all those miles
Bb Eb
Of forest silence and forest murmur, only
Dm7 C
One house—“Lonely!” he said, “I wish it were lonely”—
Gm7 C Gm7
Which the trees looked upon from every side,
Bb Eb Dm7
And that was his. He waved good-bye to hide
Gm7 Dm7
A sigh that he converted to a laugh.
C Eb Bb
He seemed to hang rather than stand there, half

A* D*
Ghost-like, half like a beggar’s rag, clean wrung
Am Gm7
And useless on the brier where it has hung
Bb Eb
Long years a-washing by sun and wind and rain.

Dm7 C
But why I call back man and house again
Gm7 C Gm7
Is that now on a beech-tree’s tip I see
Bb Eb Dm7
As then I saw—I at the gate, and he
Gm7 Dm7
In the house darkness,—a magpie veering about,
C Eb Bb
A magpie like a weathercock in doubt.

A* = x0567x
D* = xx0330#
Am = x0x210

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from Edward Thomas 2, released April 21, 2016

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