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Nyewood Revisited

from Ramblings of a Disused Mind by Toby Darling

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Nyewood Revisited

Dmaj7 A
My legs are older now
Em D Am
I'd hoped to make the South Downs
Bm A G F#m
But by the time I got to Quebec
G A Bm
Even South Harting was beyond my bounds

C G C G
Blackberries still hung on to sweetness
Em A Em
Black sheep too bored to run away
Bm A G F#m
A derelict steamroller unmoved for a decade
G D E7
A rotted stile creaked sadly with my weight

A Death Cap stood proud in the dark wood
I hurried through ferns, seeking the safe road's side
My hips ached when stooping for hazelnuts
Sweetcorn hid pheasants from the Red Kites' eyes

Crossed to Upperton gazing up to the Downs
Through a thicket, a dark pool fringed with horsetail
Down a derelict oxdrove shrouded by roots
Up a steep hillside to the bare empty trail

Fmaj7 Am
Straight north in a tunnel formed by ancient feet
Bm/A Am
below sycamore and ash, crab-apple and yew
D C Em
Down across a meadow with remains of wildfowl
G Am Bm C Em
Past the Great Plantation, an old dead cedar, a welcome view

Bm G Bm
Staggering back to my patient car
C#7 A Bm
Thirsty and stumbling, eager to be home
C#m Bm A Bm
Yearning a hot bath, tea and supper
D A C#7
An early night with Sussex in my bones


TJD
7/10/23

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from Ramblings of a Disused Mind, released December 11, 2023

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

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Feel free to do anything you want with these tracks, I am not interested in making money from music.

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