• Song:

    Blackbird On The Wire

  • Artist:

    Beautiful South

  • Album:

    Solid Bronze: Great Hit...

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)
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