Black Wings Chords by Tom Waits

_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] Or take an eye for an [Bm] eye, _ _ tooth for a tooth.
_ Just like [D] they say in [F#] the Bible, _ _ [A#] _ _ [Bm] we'll never leave a trace, _ _ _
or forget a face _ of [D] any man at [F#] the table. _ _ _
_ Any man at [B] the table.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ When [Em] the [E] moon _ is a cold chisel [Bm] dagger, _
_ _ _ _ and [A] it's [Em] sharp enough _ _ to draw [Bm] blood from a stone,
_ _ [Em] you rise [E] through your dreams on a coach and [Bm] horses,
_ _ _ [Em] and the fence posts in the moonlight _ look [F#] like bones.
_ _ _ [Bm] Well, they stopped trying to hold him with mortar, stone, and chain.
_ [D] He broke out of every [F#m] prison.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] When the boots mount the staircase, _ the doors flung back open,
he's [D] not there for he [F#] has risen. _ _
_ He's not there for [Bm] he has risen.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] Some say he once killed a man with a guitar [Bm] _
string.
_ _ _ [Em] He's been seen at the table with [Bm] _
kings.
_ _ _ [A] Well, [Em] he once saved a baby _ from [Bm] drowning. _
_ _ _ There are [Em] those that say beneath [Bm] his coat there are [F#] wings. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Some say they fear him. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[D] Some _ _ [Bm] _ _ say they fear him.
_ _ Others admire him _ because [F#m] he steals [F#] his promise.
_ _ [A#] _ [B] One look in his [Bm] eye, _ _ and everyone _ _ denies _ [D] ever having met [F#] him. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [F#] Ever [A#] having [Bm] met him, _ _ _ he [Em] can turn himself into _ [Bm] a stranger.
_ _ _ [Em] Well, there broke a lot of kings on his [Bm] hide.
_ _ _ _ [E] He was born a weed in [Bm] a _ cornfield.
He was born _ _ [E] a fever beats in his head _ [Em] just [F#] like a drum _ [A] inside.
[G] _ _ Some [Bm] say they fear him.
_ _ Others _ admire him [D] _ because he [F#] steals his promise.
_ _ [Bm] One look in his eye, _ _ and everyone _ _ denies _ [A#] ever [Bm] having met him.
_ Ever [A] _ [Bm] having met him.
[F#] _
[Bm] Ever having met him.
[F#] _ _
Ever [Bm] having met him.
_ [F#] Ever [D] [Bm] having met him.
[F#] _ _
[Bm] Ever having met [F#] him. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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