Shearwater - Rooks Chords

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