10,000 Maniacs - A Campfire Song

      
 
 The Maniacs apparently play this in D, which I find impossible to sing.
 This is how I play it (same changes, just transposed).
 Ben
 
 A CAMPFIRE SONG (10,000 Maniacs)
 Words & music: Natalie Merchant
 
 INTRO: G D/F# Em D C ... D G
 
 (G)            D                   Em                     C  
  A lie to say "Oh, my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig
 G             D                 C                D  
  Five hundred men with axes and they all dig for me"
 (same chords)
 A lie to say "Oh, my river where many fish do swim
 Half of your catch is mine when you haul your nets in"
 
                C               G              C          G        D  
 CHORUS: Oh no, never will he believe that his greed is a blinding ray
    C          G           C        
 No devil or redeemer will cheat him
 G Em D (First ending: C D G)
 He'll take his gold to where he's lying cold
 
 A lie to say "Oh, my mine gave a diamond big as a fist"
 But for every gem in his pocket, the jewels he has missed
 A lie to say "Oh, my garden is growing taller by the day"
 He only eats the best and tosses the rest away
 
 CHORUS: end with
 C    D           G    
  Six deep in the grave
 
 SOLO: Dsus4 D Cmaj9 Dsus4
 
             C               Gmaj9   G/B  C         D          
 BRIDGE: His oldest pain and fear in life  There'll not be time
 (Something is out of reach, something he wanted)
     C               Gmaj9   G/B  C         D          
 His oldest pain and fear in life  There'll not be time
 (Something is out of reach, he's being taunted)
    C   Gmaj9 G/B  C   G C 
 Oh no,   hey hey,
 (Something is out of reach, that he can't beg or steal)
 D G (go right into verse)
 Nor can he buy
 
 A lie to say "Oh, my forest has trees that block the sun
 And when I cut them down I don't answer to anyone"
 
 CHORUS, then repeat chorus chords with "La la la..."
 
         Em      D       C       D      G  
 ENDING: Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely man