Rooks Chords by Shearwater

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ When [Gm] the roofs were laid in piles by the sides of the road _ _ _ _ _
[F] Crashing into the air is tangled laundry [Gm] _ _ line _ _ _
[F] When gathered in a field they were burned in a [Bb] feathering pile
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_ With a cold [D] black eye _ _
_ _ When [Gm] the swallows fell from ears and the ghosts from the spire _ _
_ _ _ The [F] starlings and the millions who feed on the ground where [Gm] they lie _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] The ambulance [F] man said there's nowhere to flee for [Bb] your life
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ So we stay [D] inside
_ _ _ _ And [Cm] we'll sleep until the [C] world [G] of man is _ [Gm] paralyzed _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] Oh, frolic on [G] the waves to [Gm] the sound of [Bb] the bough
_ You've heard that [Cm] song before
_ _ They're leaving [D] us alone
_ _ _ _ And [Gm] the shanty page just rings and [Bb] it's hard like a bell
_ _ _ And in [Cm] these cold stars
_ _ And these troubled [D] hearts
_ _ _ _ And [Eb] the cries of men let the kingdom come [D] [D] tonight
_ _ Let the stream be [G] realized _ _ _ _ _ _
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