G              C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me
        C                               G        D
Well I guess I’ll be the shadow of that post oak tree
         Em           C
In the forest by your house
                 G
Where we used to meet
            G              C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me


[Verse 2]
            G              C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you
        C                                 G                 D
Well I hope to catch the briefest glimpse as you go passing through
       Em             C
As the shadow of the Lincoln
                 G
That we drove to school
           G               C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you


[Bridge]
Em                               G
Lines will disappear as we grow darker
Em                                 G
Darker than we planned for at the start
     Em                             G
The light of morning will get even farther
    D
Until at last
              C
You can’t tell us apart.


[Verse 3]
              G               C      D      G
So if they’re going to make a shadow out of us
        C                                 G        D
Casting downward to the valley like an Appalachian bluff
       Em           C
I was born, then I loved you
                 G
I guess that was enough
            G              C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us
            G              C      D      G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us