From the Chinese Fire Drill compilation CD
Words and music by Josh Ritter
Interpretation by Emily Whittredge

The fingering in this song is tricky, but the chords are fairly simple. Much better chords/tabs will be coming soon, but here's a start.

Intro/verse:
This is sort of an alternation between G and C -- but not really. The tabs will make it clearer.

Just where it now lays I can no longer say
I found it on a cold and November day
In the roots of a Sycamore tree where it had hid so long
In a box made out of Myrtle lay the Bone of Song

The Bone of Song was a jawbone, old and bruised
Worn out in the service of the Muse
And along its sides and teeth were written words
I ran my palm along it and I heard:

[G]"Lucky are [D]you who [C]finds me in the [C]wilderness[G,D,C,C]
I [C]am the only [G]unquiet [D]ghost that does [C]not seek rest[G]"

Then I saw the white space that was left
A blessing written, older than the rest
Saying "leave me here I care not for wealth or fame
I'll remember your song but I'll forget your name"

The words that I sang blew off like leaves in the wind
First like birds on the branches before landing on the bone again
Then the bone was quiet it said no more to me
So I left it in the rivulets of the Sycamore tree
And night had come so I turned around and headed home
With a lightness in my step and a song in my bones

"Lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
I am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest"