Rooks Shearwater
capo 3rd fret
when the rooks were laid in piles by the sides of the road
crashing [Em9]into the aerials tangled in the laundry lines
[D]and gathered in a field they were burned in a [Em9]feathering pyre
thei[D]r cold black eyes[C]
[B]
when the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires
the starl[Em9]ings in millions would feed on the ground where they lie
and [D]the ambulance men said "there's nowhere to flee for you[Em9]r life"
so w[D]e stay inside[C]
and we'll s[B]leep 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
overhea[Em9]d and southbound[G]
they're leavi[Am9]ng his life
and each empty cage [B]just rings
in his he[Em9]art like a bell
underneath these col[G]d stars
in their tremblin[Am9]g light
and he cries "amen,[B]
let the[C]ir kingdom come tonight,
let this dream be realize[B]d."
[Em9]
And end on Gmin
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