C                Am             C                 Am
The morning bright and still has laid a frost across the hill
        C          F             C
And the glory of it takes my breath away
C                Am   C                        Am
The birdsong in the trees floating on the ghost of a breeze
             C           F            C
Says, You're lucky to be a creature alive today
C               G               F            C
The rosy-fingered dawn is changing colour in the east
C                      F         G
Like in ancient days we'll never see again

[Chorus]
C              Am C               Am
Once we were together, that I do remember
        C            F           C
All the rest is like a letter in the rain

[Verse 2]
C                 Am            C              Am
So I go to check my snares, see what night caught unawares
C              F             C
I take the path along the creek again
C                Am     C                  Am
In the garden of delight, a snake slithered into sight
C                 F            C
So we left Eden and headed for the plain
C            G                 F              C
Day by day and night by night, she didn't leave my side
C                    F          G
Now she never wants to see my face again

[Chorus]
C                         Am            C               Am
Once we spoke in love's low tongue, all the bells at midnight rung
        C            F           C
All the rest is like a letter in the rain

[Bridge]
Dm      Em            F           G
There's a river somewhere up around the bend
Dm     Em               F            G
When it hurts, that river's always been my friend

C G F C C F G
C G F C C F G

[Verse 3]
C                    G                   F              C
The frost has gone now from the hill, like a vision in a dream
C                  F             G
You never know when glory will come again

[Chorus]
C                  Am        C                Am
I remember her dark stare and a braid of nut-brown hair
        C             F           C
All the rest is just a letter in the rain