Blackbirds

CAPO: 2

Intro: Em  

                                     C 
The blackbirds came at dusk and they roosted in the cane 
F                            C 
Raised such a ruckus that it shook my windowpane 
        Em                       C 
And I'm covered up in dirt and I stink of kerosene 
       F             C               E 
And no matter what I do, I can't get clean 


Em                             C 
Last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall 
F                          C 
Whisky in your voice and a shotgun on the wall 
            Em                              C 
Now there's shadows in the shadows, there's trouble in the cane 
            F                  C                E 
And there's things you do that you just can't explain 



[Refrão]

  C                     Em 
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart 
  C              D           Em 
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue 
    C                         Em                 C 
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go 
         D         Em 
Only the blackbirds and you 


                                     C 
Come harvest in the cane fields, the sky turns black with smoke 
     F                           C 
So I took our father's gun and a heavy piece of rope 
      Em                                C 
And I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground 
      F                 C                      E 
And I lit a torch and I burned the whole thing down 



[Refrão]
 
  C                     Em 
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart 
  C              D           Em 
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue 
    C                         Em                 C 
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go 
         D         Em 
Only the blackbirds and you 


Instrumental: C   D   C   D    Em 


                            C                       F 
Our father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane 
                                C 
He planted seeds of evil and we harvested the shame 
        Em                                C 
Oh, and I'm the last one standing, there's no one left to tell 
         F                  C               E 
And when it's my time, I'll see you both in hell 



[Refrão]

  C                     Em 
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart 
  C              D           Em 
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue 
    C                         Em                 C 
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go 
         D         Em 
Only the blackbirds and you 
    C                         Em                 C 
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go 
         D              Em 
Only the blackbirds and you