WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Shearwater - Rooks Chords | Ver. 2
capo 3rd fret
when the rooks were laid in piles by the sides of the road
Em9
crashing into the aerials tangled in the laundry lines
D Em9
and gathered in a field they were burned in a feathering pyre
D C
their cold black eyes
B
when the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires
Em9
the starlings in millions would feed on the ground where they lie
D Em9
and the ambulance men said "there's nowhere to flee for your life"
D C
so we stay inside
B
and we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed
Am9 B Em9
(Same chords as verse for trumpet solo)
Oh the falconer awakes to the sound of the bells
Em9 G
overhead and southbound
Am9
they're leaving his life
B
and each empty cage just rings
Em9
in his heart like a bell
G
underneath these cold stars
Am9
in their trembling light
B
and he cries "amen,
C
let their kingdom come tonight,
B
let this dream be realized."
Em9
And end on Gmin