SHEARWATER - Rooks (2008)

(Original tuning, but a bit easier in A-minor.)

Intro :  Gm - F7 - Gm - F7 - Eb - D7


             Gmwhen (355333@1)the rooks were laid in piles
                    
by the sides of the road
F7crashing (131241@1)into the aerials
                          Gmtangled (355333@1)in the laundery line

F7and (131241@1)gathered in a field
                                  Bb- (x1333x@1)F/A- (x03211@1)Ebthey (x43121@3)were burned in a feathering pyre
                   D7with (xx0212@1)a cold black eye


               Gmwhen (355333@1)the swallows fell from the eaves

and the gulls from the spires
      F7and (131241@1)starlings in the millions
                                   Gmwill (355333@1)feed on the ground where they lie

F7the (131241@1)ambulance men said there's
                          Bb- (x1333x@1)F/A- (x03211@1)Ebnowhere (x43121@3)to flee for your life
                  D7so (xx0212@1)we stayed inside
           Cmand (x3101x@1)we'll sleep until
              D (xx0232@1)          Gmthe (355333@1)world of man is paralyzed


Gm- (355333@1)F7- (131241@1)Gm- (355333@1)F7- (131241@1)Eb- (x43121@3)D (xx0232@1)

GmOh (355333@1)the falconer awakes
                       Bbto (x1333x@1)the sound of the bells
                      Cmoverhead (x3101x@1)and southbound
                    D7 (xx0212@1)they are leaving his life

       Gmand (355333@1)each empty cage just rings
                     Bbin (x1333x@1)his heart like a bell
                        Cmunderneath (x3101x@1)these cold stars
                    Dand (xx0232@1)his trembling night
         Eband (x43121@3)he cries of man
           Cm (x3101x@1)            D"let (xx0232@1)the kingdom come tonight
                       Gmlet (355333@1)this dream be realized"