Rooks
ShearwaterVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
when the rooks were laid in piles
by the sides of the road
crashing into the aerials
tangled in the laundery line
and gathered in a field
they were burned in a feathering pyre
with a cold black eye
when the swallows fell from the eaves
and the gulls from the spires
and starlings in the millions
will feed on the ground where they lie
the ambulance men said there's
nowhere to flee for your life
so we stayed inside
and we'll sleep until
the world of man is paralyzed
Oh the falconer awakes
to the sound of the bells
overhead and southbound
they are leaving his life
and each empty cage just rings
in his heart like a bell
underneath these cold stars
and his trembling night
and he cries of man
"let the kingdom come tonight
let this dream be realized"
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Readable chord sheet for Rooks by Shearwater
[Gm] [F7] [Gm] [F7] [Eb] [D7] when the rook[Gm]s were laid in piles by the sides of the road [F7]crashing into the aerials tangled in the laundery li[Gm]ne [F7]and gathered in a field they were burned in a feathering p[Bb]yre [F/A] [Eb] with a cold black e[D7]ye when the swallo[Gm]ws fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires and st[F7]arlings in the millions will feed on the ground where they [Gm]lie [F7]the ambulance men said there's nowhere to flee for your l[Bb]ife [F/A] [Eb] so we stayed insid[D7]e and we'll s[Cm]leep until the world of m[D]an is paralyz[Gm]ed [Gm] [F7] [Gm] [F7] [Eb] [D] [Gm]Oh the falconer awakes to the sound of the bel[Bb]ls overhead and southboun[Cm]d they are leaving his[D7] life and eac[Gm]h empty cage just rings in his heart like a b[Bb]ell underneath these cold st[Cm]ars and his trembling ni[D]ght and he cr[Eb]ies of man "let the ki[Cm]ngdom come tonig[D]ht let this dream be reali[Gm]zed"