Beautiful South - Blackbird on the Wire
Standard Tuning - Capo 3
Chords (capo as 0, actual chords in brackets)
Am =x02210 (Cm)
Dm/A=x00231 (Fm/C)
G5 =3x0033 (Bb)
Em =022000 (Gm)
B =x24442 (D)
intro: Am
Verse:
Am
Eyes to take you dancing,
Dm/A
Mouth to leave your wife,
G5 Em
Legs to run away with, and you wonder why
Am Dm/A
Heart that makes you bypass every other girl
G5 Em
Smile that keeps you grinning at the madness of this world
Chorus:
Am Em
And like the blackbird on the wire
Am Em
I will not take prey on you,
Em Am
You wouldn't want me to
B Em
For I'm too soft for such a thing
Am Em
And like the blackbird on the wire
Am Em
I just watch you by
Em Am
The tears I knew I'd cry
B Em
Fall unnoticed down below.
(as verse)
And with a tongue built from quick silver
And a character of steel
They actually come and ask me how I feel
interlude: verse chords once then chorus chords once
(as chorus)
And like the blackbird on the wire
I will not take prey on you,
You wouldn't want me to
For I'm too soft for such a thing
And like the blackbird on the wire
I just watch you by
The tears I knew I'd cry
Fall unnoticed down below,
Am
down below,
down below,
down below.
(to Fade)