Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon

      
 
 Passing Afternoon
 Iron And Wine.
 This is a response to the other chords posted for this song, which are technically
 However, instead of starting with D without a Capo, Put a Capo on the 2nd Fret and play
 chords so you can leave the B string open throughout most of the song, as it is on the
 Sounds more accurate this way, but the other way is fine if you prefer it. What I'm
 F#/ D is played like so (it's technically a D):
 
 E 2 
   
 A 5 
 D 0
 G 0
 B 0
 E x
 
 Otherwise, it's pretty self explanatory... Have fun, remember Capo 2nd. And, one thing
 Sam Beam does a lot that isn't absolutely necessary but sounds nice: On the C and G
 hit the harmony of the 3rd with a hammer on from the 2nd on the "3" beat (i.e. play a C,
 the third string open and hammer on the second fret on the 3 count- same with G but
 a string). I realize that I'm not good at explaining this in type but if you know what
 saying, it's actually very common and very easy.
 
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                           
 There are times that walk from you Like some passing afternoon
 G                            F#D              C D 
 Summer warmed the open window Of her honeymoon
 C F#/D 
  
       G           C                                      
 And she chose a yard to burn But the ground remembers her
 A F#/D 
   
              D                                           
 Wooden spoons, her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                            
 There are things that drift away Like our endless numbered days
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                          
 Autumn blew the quilt right off the Perfect bed she made
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                      
 And she's chosen to believe In the hymns her mother sings
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                            
 Sunday pulls it's children from the Piles of fallen leaves
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                          
 There are sailing ships that pass All our bodies in the grass
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                             
 Springtime calls her children 'til she Let's 'em go at last
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                            
 And she's chosen where to be Though she's lost her wedding ring
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                         
 Somewhere near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                              
 There are things we can't recall Blind as night that finds us all
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                      
 Winter tucks her children in her Fragile china dolls
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                      
 But my hands remember hers Rolling around the shady ferns
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                           
 Naked arms are secrets still like Songs I'd never learned
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                 
 There are names across the sea Only now I do believe
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                             
 Sometimes with the window closed She'll sit and think of me
 C F#/D 
  
      G            C                                                  
 But she'll mend his tattered clothes And they'll kiss as if they know
 G F#/D 
   
              D                                      
 A baby sleeps in all our bones So scared to be alone