Cellar Door

*co-written with Veronica May
(in standard key - different than recording)
​Verse: ​C Am Dm G  // C Bb A Dm  G G7
Chorus: F C Am Em F // F C-B-Am Dm G C
Bridge: Em F Em F G // C E7 Am C // Dm D7 G G7
Last Chorus: F C Am Em F // F C-B-A7 Dm G C // Dm G C

somewhere out in Colorado upon the plains
thirty miles east of Denver where it barely rains
there's an old abandoned house down on fetzer st.
where music used to rise out of the ivory piano keys
flower patterned wallpaper withered all away
grandpa's black boots faded all to gray
closet full of dresses that grammy always wore
and a square cut in the carpet leading to cellar door

beyond the cellar door
the shelves are all reserved
for rows and rows of mason jars
filled up with preserves
the memories remain 
though life lives there no more
bottle up, just like the jam beyond the cellar door

grandpa played the fiddle though his fingers were too wide
mama sang with grammy side by side 
now the air is still and stale, the fiddle's in its case
ain't it sad how so much nothing can fill up so much space
seven in the morning, 1959
breakfast on the table, the house was in its prime
grandpa zips his black boots up to start his daily chores
while grammy places another jar beyond the cellar door
 
like the square cut in that carpet
there's two now in the ground
rows and rows just like those
just like any other town
i know my time will come
and i wonder what's in store
beyond this life
beyond the grave
beyond the cellar door

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