Chords for Ravens in the Library by S. J. Tucker with Lyrics

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_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] One flies in to case the joint
[D] _
Bowdler struts [A] around, two fly in to make it three, [E]
laugh a while and knock each [G] other down
_ _ [B] Four [Bm] flies in with a frowning [D] walk, gains a laugh from out a [A] squawk
But it's [F#] five who owns the [G] place and proves it [Bm] with a look
[A] Stopping six and [F#] seven in their tracks [G] from smuggling [Bm] a book
_ [A]
Words within our grasp do [G] we let go?
Do we [D] fly heavily with the [Bm] weight of what we know?
_ [A]
Words within our grasp do [E] we let go?
[Em] Do we [G] fly heavily [F#] with what we know? _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] My friend [F#] gets me come and see the ravens in the [G] library setting [A] quiet pages [D] free
_ _ [A] My friend gets me come and see [E] the ravens in the library [G] setting [A] quiet pages [D] free
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] One for fiction, two for truth, [D] three for bikes and bathing [G] suits, four for [A] sci-fi [D] fantasy
_ [F#] _ _ [B] Five loves art and ancient [D] skulls, six eats _ [E] periodicals, seven [A] lives in [D] poetry
_ [F#] _ [B] One hangs out on the drama [D] shelves but keeps the monologues to [E] herself, two and three are studying [D]
jewels
[F#] _ [B] Four eats all about the [D] huns, five won't share the shiny [G] ones, six and seven labor [F#]
on the heels
_ [A] Words within our grasp do [G] we let go?
Do we [D] fly heavily with the [Bm] weight of what we know?
_ [A] Words within our grasp do we [F#] let go?
Do [G] we fly heavily [C#] with what we know?
[B] Hours of study flying by, [D]
words soaked up by beady [A] eyes, long debates into the night, [F#]
pages flying [D] everywhere
_ _ [A] _
[Bm] Seek the language word by [D] word, like the black and clever [A] bird, never let it bring you down, [E] all the things we haven't figured [G] _ out
[A] My friend gets me come and [F#] see the ravens in the library [G] setting [E] quiet [D] pages free
_ [A] My friend gets me come and [G#] see the ravens in the library [G] setting quiet [D] pages free
[F#] _ _ [Bm] Seven reads about the [D] gods, shuckles to [G] herself, to the rest [A] she never [D] lets on
[F#] _ [B] Try to catch a glimpse of [D] them, bickering like mortal [G] men, feathers [A] on the _ [D]
sidewall
_ _ [A] If you heard a raven [G] say such horrible words [D] as the ones you may have heard in your [Bm] day to day
[A] Would it make you choose [E] your own more carefully [G] _ [A] around the ones [D] you [F#] love?
_ _ _ _ _ [A] My friend gets me come and [F#] see the ravens in the library setting [A] quiet pages [D] free
_ _ [A] My friend gets me come and [E] see the ravens in the library [G]
setting [A] quiet pages [D] free
[F#] _ _ [G]
Setting [F#m] quiet pages [D] free
[F#] _ _ [G]
Setting [A] quiet pages [D] free
[F#] _ _ [G]
Setting quiet [Bm] pages free
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_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _