Winter Birds - Ray Lamontagne (cover)

A cover of Ray Lamontagne's "Winter Birds" on his new album.
Lyrics:
It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow,
The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow
The fallow field that will yield no more,
As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor

The stream can't contain such the withering rain,
And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away
The clouds crack and growl
Like some great cat on the prowl
Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings its tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

The winter birds have come back again,
Here the sprightly Chickadee
Gone now is the Willow Wren
In passing greet each other as if old, old friends
And to the voiceless trees
It is their own they will lend

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings its tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

And though all these things will change,
The memories will remain
As green to gold, and gold to brown
The leaves will fall to feed the ground

And in their falling, make no sound

Oh my lady,
Lady I am loving you now

I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town,
To buy my lady a long and flowing gown
'Cause come tomorrow morning
We're off to the county fair
I'll find a yellow flower
And I will lace it in her hair

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Birds
• Brush
• cover
• guitar
• James
• Lamontagne
• Ray
• sing
• singer
• singing
• song
• Winter

[jackhead4]

whats the guitar tuning?

[jamesabrush]

@jackhead4 I believe that it was the whole guitar dropped down a step and then the low E down to a C. Basically it was drop-D and then everything down a step. It's been a while though.

[Sabatnoogen]

This is remarkable. Absolutely fantastic job. Your voice is so different from Ray's but yet so perfect for this tune, regardless. Amazing. Keep it up!

[jamesabrush]

@Sabatnoogen Thanks a lot Sabatnoogen - I really appreciate it!

[leestgeorge69]

excellent cover.!! just been to see ray last night. are you in standard tuning.?

[jamesabrush]

no, the whole guitar is dropped down a step and then the low e to c

[masperdow]

hey perhaps you could create a how to play video? or share the url to the tab for this?

[mdisabella]

Really nice work. Do you have the tab for this and picking pattern?

[dazzlinhowe]

That is truely awesome!  Excellent job.

[georgemccready]

Excellent job mate. Your voice sounds a little like Brian Kennedy at times...anyone ever told you that? This is on my 'to do' list, another amazing tune by Ray

[Toptopshelf01]

Not sure if this is a compliment or not but I hear a bit of James Taylor in your voice.

[lillyandruben]

really nice, excellent cover

[varial05]

With that badass beard, and that voice, I know you either one, got an amazing girl, or get laid every day.

[varial05]

Bro, I like this better Ray's.. You are amazing, You for skills. for real.

[mpallesh]

Please TABS!

[ProudestMonkay]

TABS?????????]

[brandodeano3]

Everytime I went to search for something else during this video I found myself not being able to leave.

[JenerallyxSpeaking]

this is amazing. love it.