| Bitter Wind March | | | | 3/4 Measures |
| Am | A5 | A5 | A5 | Open 5th chords, very sparse |
| Verse 1A | A5 | | C5 | D5 | piano holds 'A' bass octaves | | | Sun barely rising a-bove the hor-izon |
| A5 | | G5 | D5 | throughout first verse | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | | C5 | D5 | | | | Flowers are withering, naked bark brittle oh, | Flowers are withering, naked bark brittle oh, |
| A5 | | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Verse 1B | A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | (heavy piano bass octave, | | | Good folk are gonna die, sun-god ain't shedding tears |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | D5 | violin comes in) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| A5 | A5 | C5 | D5 | | | And | I just stare at the sky, digging the graves each year |
| A5 | A5 | G5 | A5 | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Chorus | Dm | Dm | C | C | (bass/guitars come in gently) | | | Sun, | sailing a - | way | I don't know |
| C | C | G | G | | | | Where... | I don’t know why… |
| Dm | Dm | C | C | | | | Sky, | darkening | grey, | wishing there |
| C | C | G | G | | | | weren’t so man-y good - byes... |
| G | G | Am | Am | Am | (drums begins on 'why') | | little one, little one why... |
| Am | Am | Am | Am | Bm | | | little one why... |
| Modulation | Cm | | | | Heavy piano bass octaves all |
| Cm/Ab | | | Bb | the way through march |
| Cm |
| Cm/Ab | | | Bb |
| Verse 2A | Cm | | | | | | | Maybe if we looked a while and found a stone |
| Cm/Ab | | | | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Cm | | | | | | | Dragged it a hun-der-ed miles and got it home |
| Cm/Ab | | | | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Verse 2B | Cm | | Eb/C | F/C | | | We could | dig us a henge, raise those bluestones up high |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb/Ab | Ab | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Cm | | Eb/C | F/C | | | In | two hundred years we could look at the sky |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb/Ab | Ab | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Verse 2C | Cm | | Eb/C | F/C | | | Our | children would know when the winter was coming, oh |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb | Fm | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Cm | | Eb/C | F/C | | | | Looking and laboring, doing what must be done |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb | F | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
| Chorus | Fm | | Eb | | | | | Sun, | sailing a - | way | I don't know |
| | | Bb | | | | | Where... | I don’t know why… |
| F | | Eb | | | | | Sky, | darkening | grey, | wishing there |
| | | Bb | | | | | weren’t so man-y good - byes... |
| Bb |
| Verse 3A | Cm | | | | (just piano and violin) | | And | maybe some good folk are still going to die |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb/Ab | Ab | (just the downbeats) | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
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| Cm | | Eb/C | F/c | | | Their | mothers shake helpless with rage and denial |
| Cm/Ab | | Bb | Fm | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
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| Verse 3B | C5 | C5 (hi) | Bb5/C | F/C | | | But | maybe it might be less deep of a sorrow |
| C | | C5/F | F | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |
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| C | C5 (hi) | Eb/C | F/c | | | | Not quite so many graves dug up tomorrow |
| C | | C5/F | C | | | | Little one, little one, bitter wind blown |