Kingfisher
Joanna NewsomVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Whose is the hand that I will hold
Whose is the face I will see
Whose is the name that I will call
When I called to meet thee
In this life who did you love
Beneath the drifting a - shes
Beneath the shee ting banks of air
That barrenly pour our ra - tions
When I could speak it was too late
Didn't you hear me ca - lling
Didn't you see my heart leap like a
Pup in the constant bar - ley
In this life where did you crouch
When the sky had set to bo - iling
Burning within seen from without
In your gut was a serpent coi - ling
And for the sake of that pit of snakes
For whom did you allay your shyness
And spend on your mercy and madness and grace
In a day beneath the bending cy press
It was not on principle, show, pro- heart, that you have got gall
Fm [A] mira [A] cle: [D] I can bear [A] [C] lot but [G] not that [F] pall
I can bear lot but not that pall, kingfisher sound the larm
Say, "Sweet little darling, now come to my arms"
Tell me all about the love you left on the farm"
He was a kind and hurried man, with a heavy lip and a steady hand
But he loved me just like little child, a little child loves little lamb
Thrown to the ground by something down there
Bitten by the bad air while the clouds tick
Trying to read all the signs
Pre paring for when the bombs hit
Hung from the under belly of
The earth while the stars skid way be low
Gormless and brakless, gravel-loose falling
silent as gavels in the snow
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la
I lay back and spit in my chaw
wrapped in the long arm of the law
Who has seen it all
I can bear lot but not that pall
I can bear a lot but not that pall, Kingfisher, cast your fly
Oh, lord it happens with out even trying
When I sling a low look from my shuttering eye
Blows rain upon the one you loved
And though you were only spar ring
There's blood in the eye unlace the glove
Say honey, I not sor - ry
Stand here and name the one you loved
Beneath the drifting a - shes
And in na ming rise above
Time as it, flashing, pas - ses
Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
We came by the boatload and were im mobilized
Worshipping volcanoes, charting the loping skies
The tides of the earth left us bound and calcified, and made us
Obstinate as obsidian, unmoving save our eyes
Just mooning and blinking, from faces marked with coal
Ash cooling and shrinking, cracks loud as thunder rolling, I swear
I know you, you know me, where have we met before, tell me true
To whose au - thority do you con sign your soul?
I had a dream you came to me, said, " You shall not do me harm anymore"
And with your knife you e victed my life from its little lighthouse on
the sea Am shore
And I saw that my blood had no bound, spreading in a circle like an D atom bomb
Soaking and felling every thing in its path, and welling in my heart like
a F bird bath
It is too short the day we are born we commence with our dying
Trying to serve with the heart of a child, Kingfisher, lie with the li - on
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Readable chord sheet for Kingfisher by Joanna Newsom
[G] Whose is the hand that [F] I will [Am] hold [G] Whose is the face I [F] will [C] see [G] Whose is the name [D] that I [Am] will call When [G] I [Am] called to [F] meet [A] thee [Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] In this life who [F] did you [Am] love [G] Beneath the drifting [F] a - [C] shes [G] Beneath the shee [D] ting banks [Am] of air That [G] barrenly pour our [F] ra - [A] tions [Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] When I could speak it [F] was too [Am] late [G] Didn't you hear me [F] ca - [C] lling [G] Didn't you see [D] my heart [Am] leap like a [G] Pup in the constant [F] bar - [A] ley [Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] In this life where [F] did you [Am] crouch [G] When the sky had set to [F] bo - [C] iling [G] Burning within [D] seen from [Am] without In your [G] gut was a serpent [F] coi - [A] ling And [Am] for the sake of that [C] pit of snakes For [G] whom did you allay your [D] shyness And [Am] spend on your mercy and [C] madness and grace In a [G] day beneath the bending [F] cy [Am] press [F#m] It was not on [A] principle, [D] show, pro- [C] heart, that you [G] have got [F] gall F [Am] I can bear [A] lot but [C] not that pall, [G] kingfisher sound the [A] [D] larm Say, [Dm] "Sweet little darling, now [C] come to my arms" Tell me [G] all about the love you left [F] on [G] the [Am] farm" [Am] He was a kind and [C] hurried man, with a [G] heavy lip and a [D] steady hand But [Dm7] he loved me just like [A] [C] little child, a [G] little child loves [A] [F] little [Am] lamb [G] Thrown to the ground by [F] something [Am] down there [G] Bitten by the bad air [F] while the clouds [C] tick [G] Trying to [D] read all [Am] the signs Pre [G] paring for when the [F] bombs hit [A] [Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] Hung from the [D] under [Dsus2] belly [Am] of The [G] earth while the [D] stars skid [A] [Dsus2] way be [C] low [G] Gormless and [D] brakless, [Em] gravel-loose [D] falling [Dm] silent as [A] gavels [C] in the [Em] snow [Am] La la la [C] la la [G] la la la la la la la [F] la [Am] la [F#m] I lay back and [A] spit in my chaw [D] wrapped in the [C] long arm [G] of the [F] law [F#m] Who has seen it [A] all [D] I can bear [A] [C] lot but [G] not that [F] pall [Am] I can bear a lot but [C] not that pall, [G] Kingfisher, cast your [D] fly [Dm] Oh, lord it happens with [C] out even trying When I [G] sling a low look from my [F] shuttering [Am] eye [G] Blows rain upon the [F] one you [Am] loved And [G] though you were only [F] spar [C] ring There's [G] blood in the eye [D] unlace the [Am] glove Say [G] honey, I [Am] not [F] sor - [A] ry [Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] Stand here and name the [F] one you [Am] loved [G] Beneath the drifting [F] a - [C] shes [G] And in na [D] ming rise [Am] above [G] Time as it, flashing, [F] pas - [A] ses [Am] Oooh [C] Oooh [G] Oooh [D] Oooh [Am] Oooh [C] Oooh [G] Oooh [D] Oooh [Am] We came by [C] the boatload [G] and were im [D] mobilized [Am] Worshipping [C] volcanoes, [G] charting the [D] loping skies [Am] The tides of [C] the earth left [G] us bound and [D] calcified, and made us [Am] Obstinate as [C] obsidian, [G] unmoving [D] save our eyes [Am] Just mooning [C] and blinking, [G] from faces [D] marked with coal [Am] Ash cooling [C] and shrinking, [G] cracks loud as [D] thunder rolling, I swear [Am] I know you, [C] you know me, [G] where have we [D] met before, tell me true [Am] To whose au - [C] thority [G] do you con [D] sign your soul? [Am] I had a dream you [C] came to me, said, " [G] You shall not do me harm [D] anymore" [Am] And with your knife you e [C] victed my life from its [G] little lighthouse on the [F] sea Am shore And I [Am] saw that my blood had [C] no bound, [G] spreading in a circle like an D atom bomb [Dm] Soaking and felling every [C] thing in its path, and [G] welling in my heart like a F bird [Am] bath [Am] It is too short [C] the day we are born [G] we commence with our [D] dying [Dm] Trying to serve with the [C] heart of a child, [G] Kingfisher, lie with the [F] li - [A] on