WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds Chords | Ver. 2
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m)
Here's the passing hammer-on riffs:
Em Esus4 Em Em Em/A Em/B
e |---0--0---0----0--0--0---| e |---0--0---0------|
B |---0--0---0----0--0--0---| B |---0--0---0------|
G |---0--0---0-h2-2--2-p0---| G |---0--0---0------|
D |---2--2---2----------2---| D |---2--2---2------|
A |---2--2------------------| A |---2--2---0-h2---|
E |---0--0------------------| E |---0--0----------|
C Cadd2 C F Fadd2 F
e |---0--0---0--0---| e |---1--1---1--1---|
B |---1--1---1--1---| B |---1--1---1--1---|
G |---0--0---0--0---| G |---2--2---0-h2---|
D |---2--2---0-h2---| D |---3--3---3--3---|
A |---3--3---3--3---| A |---3--3---3--3---|
E |---3--3---3--3---| E |---1--1---1--1---|
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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[Intro]
Em Esus4 Em Em Esus4 Em
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[Verse 1]
Em C Cadd2 C
The blackbirds came at dusk and they roosted in the cane,
F Fsus2 F C Cadd2 C
Raised such a ruckus, that it shook my windowpane,
Em C Cadd2 C
And I'm covered up in dirt, and I stink of kerosene,
F C Em Esus4 Em Em Esus4 Em
And no matter what I do, I can't get clean! | / / / /__/ |
[Verse 2]
Em C Cadd2 C
Last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall,
F Fsus2 F C Cadd2 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 Em
And there's things you do ..that you just can't ex - plain!
[Chorus]
C Em
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
C D Em
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
C Em Em/A Em/B
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
C D Em Esus4 Em
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
[Verse 3]
Em C
Come harvest in the cane fields the sky turns black with smoke,
F Fsus2 F C Cadd2 C
So I took our father's gun, and a heavy piece of rope,
Em C Cadd2 C
And I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground,
F C Em
And I lit a torch, and I burned the whole thing down!
[Chorus]
C Em
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
C D Em
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
C Em Em/A Em/B
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
C D Em Esus4 Em
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
[Break]
C D
Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah, ah---!
C D
Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah---!
Em E4 Em Em E4 Em
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[Verse 4]
Em C Cadd2 C
Our father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane,
F C Cadd2 C
He planted seeds of evil, and we harvested the shame,
Em C Cadd2 C
Oh, but I'm the last one standing, there's no one left to tell,
F C Em
And when it's my time I'll see you both in hell!
[Chorus]
C Em
Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,
C D Em
Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,
C Em Em/A Em/B
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
C D Em Esus4 Em
Only the blackbirds, ...and you!
[Coda]
C Cadd2 C Em Em/A Em/B
And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,
C D Em Esus4 Em
Only the blackbirds ...and you-----!
Em Esus4 Em Em Esus4 Em
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