Key: C
Intro 1:
F
It was the year
Am
The crows and the locusts came
C G
The fields drained dry the rain
Dm
The fields are bleeding
Intro 2: Am C Csus4 C G
Verse 1:
Am F C Csus4 C
"Daddy don't cry, it'll be alright"
G Am
She puts some water on the wound
And hums a little tune
F C G
While her courage puddles on the ground
F G F
Pooling, pooling
Verse 2:
Am F C Csus4 C
See the murder and the swarm descend
G Am
And the night is getting thick
The moon telling her tricks
F C G
She'd betray her every time
Chorus
F
It was the year
Am
The crows and the locusts came
C G
The fields drained dry the rain
F
The fields are bleeding
F
It was the age
Am
The foxes came for the fields
C G
We were bleeding as we bowed to kneel
F
And prayed for mercy, prayed for mercy
Am
The rumble is low and the heat is high
G F
Got a feeling that there's rain out in the oil black sky
Am
Gonna chase away the devil when that sun does rise
F
Gonna plead the blood
F
Gonna plead the blood
Instrumental: Am G E F Dm Am E
F C E F Dm Am E
F C E F Dm Am E
F C E F Dm Am E
Chorus
F
It was the year
Am
The crows and the locusts came
C G
The fields drained dry the rain
F
The fields are bleeding
F
It was the age
Am
The foxes came for the fields
C G
We were bleeding as we bowed to kneel
F
And prayed for mercy, prayed for mercy
Am
She limps on up to the top of a mount
G F
Looks at the faltered harvest
Am
Feels her sweat in the ground and the burn in her nose
G
And the knowing in her gut
F
Something's still gonna grow
She ain't leaving 'till it does.
Am Em C
What can wash away my sin
G F
Nothing but the blood
Am Em C
What can make me whole again
G F
Nothing but the blood
