Rooks Uke tab by Shearwater

4 Chords used in the song: Gm, Cm, D, Bb

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3.75
(Intermediate)
Key: GmChords
SHEARWATER - Rooks (2008)



Intro : Gm Gm - Cm Cm - Gm Gm - Cm Cm - Gm Gm - D D


Gm Gm
when the rooks were laid in piles

by the sides of the road
Cm Cm
crashing into the aerials

Gm Gm
tangled in the laundry lines

Cm Cm
and gathered in a field
Bb Bb - Gm Gm - Cm Cm
they were burned in a feathering pyre
D D
with their cold black eyes



Gm Gm
when the swallows fell from the eaves

and the gulls from the spires
Cm Cm
and starlings in the millions
Gm Gm
would feed on the ground where they lie

Cm Cm
and the ambulance men said there's
Bb Bb - Gm Gm - Cm Cm
nowhere to flee for your life
D D
so we stayed inside
Bb Bb
and we'll sleep until
Gm Gm
the world of man is paralyzed




Gm Gm
Oh the falconer awakes
Bb Bb
to the sound of the bells
Cm Cm
overhead and southbound (Lyrics say north)
D D
they are leaving his life

Gm Gm
and each empty cage just rings
Bb Bb
in his heart like a bell
Cm Cm
underneath these cold stars
D D
in their trembling light
Bb Bb
and he cries amen
D D
"let the kingdom come tonight
Gm Gm
let this dream be realized"

Uke tab by , 26 Jul 2017

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