Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: Em
C
The blackbirds came at dusk and they roosted in the cane
F C
Raised such a ruckus that it shook my windowpane
Em C
And I'm covered up in dirt and I stink of kerosene
F C E
And no matter what I do, I can't get clean
Em C
Last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall
F C
Whisky in your voice and a shotgun on the wall
Em C
Now there's shadows in the shadows, there's trouble in the cane
F C E
And there's things you do that you just can't explain
CHORUS:
C Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart
C D Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
C Em C
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go
D Em
Only the blackbirds and you
C
Come harvest in the cane fields, the sky turns black with smoke
F C
So I took our father's gun and a heavy piece of rope
Em C
And I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground
F C E
And I lit a torch and I burned the whole thing down
CHORUS:
C Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart
C D Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
C Em C
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go
D Em
Only the blackbirds and you
INSTRUMENTAL: C D C D Em
C F
Our father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane
C
He planted seeds of evil and we harvested the shame
Em C
Oh, and I'm the last one standing, there's no one left to tell
F C E
And when it's my time, I'll see you both in hell
CHORUS:
C Em
Uneasy lies the head, unfaithful is the heart
C D Em
Ungrateful and unlucky and untrue
C Em C
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go
D Em
Only the blackbirds and you
C Em C
And no one saw me coming, and no one saw me go
D Em
Only the blackbirds and you
