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Rooks

Shearwater

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capo 3rd fret


when the rooks were laid in piles by the sides of the road
         Emin
crashing into the aerials tangled in the laundry lines
Dmaj                                             Emin
and gathered in a field they were burned in a feathering pyre
    Dmaj                                                 Cmaj
their cold black eyes
                 Bmaj


when the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires
         Emin    
the starlings in millions would feed on the ground where they lie
    Dmaj                                                      Emin
and the ambulance men said "there's nowhere to flee for your life"
    Dmaj                                                     Cmaj
so we stay inside
           Bmaj
and we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed
          Amin                     Bmaj       Emin

(Same chords as verse for trumpet solo)


Oh the falconer awakes to the sound of the bells
       Emin                                Gmaj
overhead and southbound
             Amin
they're leaving his life
                    Bmaj
and each empty cage just rings
         Emin
in his heart like a bell
                    Gmaj
underneath these cold stars
                 Amin
in their trembling light
                   Bmaj
and he cries "amen,
       Cmaj
let their kingdom come tonight,
                         Bmaj
let this dream be realized."
                     Emin

And end on Gmin

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