Blackbirds Lyrics

CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m)
Here's the passing hammer-on riffs:
G |---0--0---0-h2-2--2-p0---| G |---0--0---0------|
A |---2--2------------------| A |---2--2---0-h2---|
dd2
G |---0--0---0--0---| G |---2--2---0-h2---|
D |---2--2---0-h2---| D |---3--3---3--3---|
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 F = 133211
Esus4 = 022200 Fsus2 = 133011
C = 332010 D = xx0232
Cadd2 = 330010 Em/A = x02000
h = hammer-on Em/B = x22000
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The blackbirds came at dusk and they roosted in the cane,
us2
Raised such a ruckus, that it shook my windowpane,
And I'm covered up in dirt, and I stink of kerosene,
And no matter what I do, I can't get clean! | / / / /__/ |
Last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall,
us2
Whisky in your voice, and a shotgun on the wall,
Now there's shadows in the shadows, there's trouble in the cane,
And there's things you do ..that you just can't ex - plain!
horus
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
us4
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
Come harvest in the cane fields the sky turns black with smoke,
us2
So I took our father's gun, and a heavy piece of rope,
And I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground,
And I lit a torch, and I burned the whole thing down!
horus
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
us4
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
reak
Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah, ah---!
Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah---!
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Our father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane,
He planted seeds of evil, and we harvested the shame,
Oh, but I'm the last one standing, there's no one left to tell,
And when it's my time I'll see you both in hell!
horus
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
us4
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
oda
dd2
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
us4
Only the blackbirds ...and you-----!
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