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Rooks by Shearwater
Rooks
Intro : Gm - Cm - Gm - Cm - Gm - D
Gm
when the rooks were laid in piles
by the sides of the road
Cm
crashing into the aerials
Gm
tangled in the laundery line
Cm
and gathered in a field
Bb - Gm - Cm
they were burned in a feathering pyre
D
with a cold black eye
Gm
when the swallows fell from the eaves
and the gulls from the spires
Cm
and starlings in the millions
Gm
will feed on the ground where they lie
Cm
the ambulance men said there's
Bb - Gm - Cm
nowhere to flee for your life
D
so we stayed inside
Bb
and we'll sleep until
Gm
the world of man is paralyzed
Gm
Oh the falconer awakes
Bb
to the sound of the bells
Cm
overhead and southbound
D
they are leaving his life
Gm
and each empty cage just rings
Bb
in his heart like a bell
Cm
underneath these cold stars
D
and his trembling night
Bb
and he cries of man
D
"let the kingdom come to nigh
Gm
let this dream be realized"
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version 2
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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version 3
(Original tuning, but a bit easier in A-minor.)
Intro : Gm - F7 - Gm - F7 - Eb - D7
Gm
when the rooks were laid in piles
by the sides of the road
F7
crashing into the aerials
Gm
tangled in the laundery line
F7
and gathered in a field
Bb - F/A - Eb
they were burned in a feathering pyre
D7
with a cold black eye
Gm
when the swallows fell from the eaves
and the gulls from the spires
F7
and starlings in the millions
Gm
will feed on the ground where they lie
F7
the ambulance men said there's
Bb - F/A - Eb
nowhere to flee for your life
D7
so we stayed inside
Cm
and we'll sleep until
D Gm
the world of man is paralyzed
Gm - F7 - Gm - F7 - Eb - D
Gm
Oh the falconer awakes
Bb
to the sound of the bells
Cm
overhead and southbound
D7
they are leaving his life
Gm
and each empty cage just rings
Bb
in his heart like a bell
Cm
underneath these cold stars
D
and his trembling night
Eb
and he cries of man
Cm D
"let the kingdom come tonight
Gm
let this dream be realized"
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