Coal - Blackbird Raum Chords
Chords: Am, Gm, Fm, E, F, G, Em, A, B, B#
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Genre: electronic, experimental, indie
Am Gm Fm
The pillars of the world were shaking like the legs of a drunk
E Am F G Am
Hot winds ripped the hats off all the ladies all about town that day
F
Em Am F A Am
Then they caught us ran us ragged beat us bloody put us in a dirty cage
F
G Am F G
Now we're screaming bloody murder we are starving won't see the ocean side
Am G F
again
G Am F G
Now we're screaming bloody murder we are starving won't see the ocean side
Am Am A Am B Am G E F G E F X5
again
G Am F
Continents and mountain ranges boats out in the harbor
Am F
Rivers clouds and cities all aflame
Am F
The sun went out the sky went red the horses are dancing in their skins
Am F
The taste of ash and sulfur on our lips
Am F
Where is my boy, where is my son. I seem to have lost him in the crowd
Am F
He was holding to my hand just a moment ago
Am F Am
I know he cannot find his way he is so small he is so lean he looks like
F
A scrap of paper on a branch
Am B B# Am B# B Am G Am X4
On a branch
Am C
I am flesh and you are pale, I am sleeping you are dead
Em Am
We're all playing cards as the ship goes down
Am C
We're living as if we are not, hanging from a precipice
Em Am
Shuddering and lurching off the edge
Am C
But someday this will all be gone, as fast a match can be struck
F Em
Take warning for the veil is very thin
Am C F Em
The signs aren't difficult to read: we tread so heavy on the ground
F Am A Am B Am G E F G E F X5
And someday well the ground it may give way
Am F Am
I see you gilded gentlemen, I wish I'd set a torch to you while I still
F Am
Had the freedom of my legs. I do not trust you with my life
F Am F
I do not trust you with my past I do not trust your hands upon the world
Am F
But now I'm sunken in the ground, all my strength to move is gone and
Am F Am
Screaming is the last recourse that I have, you've left us with a barren
F
Earth, we know we are the aching land
Am F
A scorching waste with all the life of coal
Am B B# Am B# B Am G Am X4
Of coal.
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