Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds

The blackbirds came at dusk and they ^Croosted in the cane ^FRaised such a ruckus that it ^Cshook my windowpane And I'm ^Emcovered up in dirt and I ^Cstink of kerosene And no ^Fmatter what I ^Cdo, I can't get ^Eclean

^EmLast thing I remember was your ^Cfootsteps in the hall ^FWhisky in your voice and a ^Cshotgun on the wall Now there's ^Emshadows in the shadows, there's ^Ctrouble in the cane And there's ^Fthings you do that ^Cyou just can't ex^Eplain

Un^Ceasy lies the head, un^Emfaithful is the heart Un^Cgrateful and un^Dlucky and un^Emtrue And ^Cno one saw me coming, and ^Emno one saw me go ^C Only the ^Dblackbirds^Em and you

Come harvest in the cane fields, the ^Csky turns black with smoke So I ^Ftook our father's gun and a ^Cheavy piece of rope And I ^Emleft you lying there, like rotten ^Cfruit upon the ground And I ^Flit a torch and I ^Cburned the whole thing ^Edown

Un^Ceasy lies the head, un^Emfaithful is the heart Un^Cgrateful and un^Dlucky and un^Emtrue And ^Cno one saw me coming, and ^Emno one saw me go ^C Only the ^Dblackbirds^Em and you

Our father was a farmer, he ^Cplanted fields of cane ^F He planted seeds of evil and we ^Charvested the shame Oh, and ^EmI'm the last one standing, there's^C no one left to tell And when ^Fit's my time, I'll ^Csee you both in ^Ehell

Un^Ceasy lies the head, un^Emfaithful is the heart Un^Cgrateful and un^Dlucky and un^Emtrue And ^Cno one saw me coming, and ^Emno one saw me go ^C Only the ^Dblackbirds^Em and you And ^Cno one saw me coming, and ^Emno one saw me go ^C Only the ^Dblackbirds and ^Emyou