Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2nd fret

Intro: A5

A5
On a cool September mornin', in the fall of 2'03,
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A crier from Jerusalem brought the news to me.
      D5
His words were sharp and dreaded, and they made a lonesome sound,
           A5
And they snapped my heart in two, like a stick stepped on the ground.
        E5
And I cried and cried and cried, at the cutting of the pain,
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And quietly said goodbye, so long in Jesus' name.

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Dark bird, watch you fly,
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Dark bird, to another sky.
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And I'll bet you were a sight, when you hit that cloud of love,
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And flew out the other side, in the form of a dove.
       A5          
Dark bird, dark bird.

Six feet one and a box of steel, in a pretty coat of black,
Well I watched the world, watch themselves, watch your final act.
And I couldn't help but notice, when they laid you in the earth,
A train went by, headed north, for whatever it is worth.
Your voice echoes in the wind, it rumbles through the trees,
But after you've been everywhere, I guess it's time to leave.


Dark bird, watch you fly,
Dark bird, to another sky.
And I'll bet you were a sight, when you hit that cloud of love,
And flew out the other side, in the form of a dove.
Dark bird, dark bird.
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Dark bird.