Ironboundfancy Poultry
Suzanne Vega
Song: Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Band: Suzanne Vega Album: Solitude Standing Tuning: Standard ------------------------------ VERSE CHORDS: Am 00221x Am7 00201x alt 00200x F 10321x Fadd9 10320x alt 10301x CHORUS CHORDS: Em 022000 F 10321x FANCY POULTRY CHORDS: A 00222x A7sus2 00200x F 10321x G9 10300x Cm7 02201x F6 10323x ------------------------------ INTRO: F Fadd9 VERSE 1: In the ironbound section near Avenue L F Fadd9 Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell The clouds so low the morning so slow F Fadd9 As the wires cut through the sky VERSE 2: The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground F Fadd9 Into little triangles and the rails run round Through the rust and the heat the light and sweet F Fadd9 Coffee color of her skin CHORUS 1: Bound up in wire and fate Watching her walk him up to the gate In front of the ironbound school yard VERSE 3: Kids will grow like weeds on a fence F Fadd9 She says they look for the light they try to make sense They come up through the cracks like grass on the tracks F Fadd9 She touches him goodbye CHORUS 2: Steps off the curb and into the street The blood and feathers near her feet Into the ironbound market INTERLUDE: VERSE 4: In the ironbound section near Avenue L F Fadd9 Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell The clouds so low the morning so slow F Fadd9 As the wires cut through the sky CHORUS 3: She stops at the stall fingers the ring Opens her purse feels a longing Away from the ironbound border INTERLUDE: (play 4x) FINALE (play 2x): A A7sus2 A A7sus2 Fancy poulty parts sold here Breasts and thighs and hearts Backs are cheap and wings are nearly AND CONTINUE (play 4x): A A7sus2 A A7sus2 free nearly free nearly REPEAT AND FADE TO END: A A7sus2 A A7sus2 --crookedpath
