Blackbirds

INTRO: Em

The blackbirds came at dusk and they
 C
 roosted in the cane
F                            C
Raised such a ruckus that it shook 
my windowpane
        Em                      
And I'm covered up in dirt and I 
 C
stink of kerosene
       F             C            
And no matter what I do, I can't 
   E
get clean


Em                           
Last thing I remember was your 
  C
footsteps in the hall
F                          C
Whisky in your voice and a shotgun 
on the wall
            Em                     
Now there's shadows in the shadows,
         C
 there's trouble in the cane
            F                  C  
And there's things you do that you
              E
 just can't explain


CHORUS:
  C                     Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is 
the heart
  C              D           Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
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    C                         Em  
And no one saw me coming, and no 
               C
one saw me go
         D         Em
Only the blackbirds and you


Come harvest in the cane fields, the
 C
 sky turns black with smoke
     F                          
So I took our father's gun and a 
 C
heavy piece of rope
      Em                        
And I left you lying there, like 
        C
rotten fruit upon the ground
      F                 C         
And I lit a torch and I burned the
             E
 whole thing down


CHORUS:
  C                     Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is 
the heart
  C              D           Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
    C                         Em  
And no one saw me coming, and no 
               C
one saw me go
         D         Em
Only the blackbirds and you


INSTRUMENTAL: C   D   C   D    Em


                            C      
Our father was a farmer, he planted
                 F
 fields of cane
He planted seeds of evil and we 
C
harvested the shame
        Em                         
Oh, and I'm the last one standing, 
       C
there's no one left to tell
         F                  C     
And when it's my time, I'll see 
          E
you both in hell


CHORUS:
  C                     Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is 
the heart
  C              D           Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
    C                         Em  
And no one saw me coming, and no 
               C
one saw me go
         D         Em
Only the blackbirds and you
    C                         Em  
And no one saw me coming, and no 
               C
one saw me go
         D              Em
Only the blackbirds and you