Chords for Suzanne Vega - Ironbound / Fancy Poultry

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_ _ [C] _ _ In the [Am] ironbound section near Avonlea where [G] the Portuguese women come to see what you sell.
The clouds [Em] so low, the morning so slow [F] as the wires cut [C] through the sky.
[Am] Beams and bridges cut the light on the ground into little [G] triangles and the rails [Em] run round
through the rust and heat and light and sweet [F] coffee color her [C] skin.
_ [Em] Round open [F] iron and wire [Em] and faith watching [F] her walking up to [Em] the gate in front [F] of the _ _
ironbound schoolyard.
[Am] Kids [Am] will grow like weeds on a fence, she says they look for [C] the light, they try to
make sense, they'll come up [Em] through the cracks [Am] like grass on the tracks, [F] she touches him
goodbye, _ [Em] steps off the [F] curb and into the [Em] street, the blood in [F] the feathers near [Em] her feet, [F] into
the ironbound market. _
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[F] In the [Am] ironbound section near Avonlea [F] where the [Gm] Portuguese women come [Em] to see what you sell.
The clouds so low, the morning so slow [F] as the wires cut through the sky.
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She stops at the [F] stall, fingers the [Em] rain, opens her purse, feels [Em] longing.
They found [F] the ironbound border.
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[A] Fancy poultry carts sold here, [F] breasts and thighs and hearts, [E] backs are cheap and wings are nearly.
[A] Fancy poultry carts sold here, [F] breasts and thighs and hearts, [E] backs are cheap and wings are nearly.
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