capo 3rd fret


when the rooks were laid in piles by the sides of the road
         Emincrashing (022032@1)into the aerials tangled in the laundry lines
Dmaj (xx0232@1)                                           Eminand (022032@1)gathered in a field they were burned in a feathering pyre
    Dmaj (xx0232@1)                                               Cmajtheir (x32010@1)cold black eyes
                 Bmaj (x2444x@1)
when the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires
         Emin (022032@1)  
the starlings in millions would feed on the ground where they lie
    Dmaj (xx0232@1)                                                    Eminand (022032@1)the ambulance men said "there's nowhere to flee for your life"
    Dmaj (xx0232@1)                                                   Cmajso (x32010@1)we stay inside
           Bmajand (x2444x@1)we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed
          Amin (x02413@1)                   Bmaj (x2444x@1)     Emin (022032@1)(Same chords as verse for trumpet solo)


Oh the falconer awakes to the sound of the bells
       Emin (022032@1)                              Gmajoverhead (320003@1)and southbound
             Aminthey're (x02413@1)leaving his life
                    Bmajand (x2444x@1)each empty cage just rings
         Eminin (022032@1)his heart like a bell
                    Gmajunderneath (320003@1)these cold stars
                 Aminin (x02413@1)their trembling light
                   Bmajand (x2444x@1)he cries "amen,
       Cmajlet (x32010@1)their kingdom come tonight,
                         Bmajlet (x2444x@1)this dream be realized."
                     Emin (022032@1)And end on Gmin