Blackbird On The Wire
The Beautiful South
Beautiful South - Blackbird on the Wire Standard Tuning - Capo 3 Chords (capo as 0 actual chords in brackets) Am x02210 (Cm) G5 3x0033 (Bb) Em 022000 (Gm) B x24442 (D) [Intro] [Verse 1] Eyes to take you dancing Mouth to leave your wife Legs to run away with and you wonder why Heart that makes you bypass every other girl Smile that keeps you grinning at the madness of this world [Chorus] And like the blackbird on the wire I will not take prey on you You wouldn’t want me to For I’m too soft for such a thing And like the blackbird on the wire I just watch you by The tears I knew I’d cry Fall unnoticed down below [Verse 2] And with a tongue built from quick silver And a character of steel They actually come and ask me how I feel [Interlude] / [Chorus] And like the blackbird on the wire I will not take prey on you You wouldn’t want me to For I’m too soft for such a thing And like the blackbird on the wire I just watch you by The tears I knew I’d cry Fall unnoticed down below [Outro] down below down below down below (to fade)