Capo : 5
[INTRO]
Am
[VERSE]
F
There's a blackbird perched outside my window
C
I hear him calling
Em
I hear him sing
Am F
He burns me with his eyes of coal to embers
C
He sees all my sins
G
He reads my soul
[PRE-CHORUS]
Dm Am Em F
One day that bird, he spoke to me
Dm Am Em F G C
Like Martin Luther, like Pericles
[CHORUS]
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Come fly with black
G F
We'll give you freedom
G C
From the human trap
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Soar on my wings
G F
You'll touch the hand of God
G F
He'll make you king
G Am
He'll make you king
[VERSE]
F
On a blanket made of woven shadows
C
Flew up to heaven
Em
On a raven's glide
Am F
These angels have turned my wings to wax now
C
I fell like Judas
G
From grace tonight
[PRE-CHORUS]
Dm Am Em F
And on that day he lied to me
Dm Am Em F G C
Like Martin Luther, like Pericles
[CHORUS]
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Come fly with black
G F
We'll give you freedom
G C
From the human trap
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Soar on my wings
G F
You'll touch the hand of God
G F
He'll make you king
G C
He'll make you king
[INTERLUDE]
G C G C G C G
[VERSE]
Am F
I walk among the children of my fathers
C
The broken wings
Em
Betrayal's cost
Am F
They call to me, but never touch my heart now
C
I am too far
G
I'm too lost
[PRE-CHORUS]
Dm Am Em F
All I can hear is what he spoke to me
Dm Am Em F G C
Like Martin Luther, like Pericles
[CHORUS]
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Come fly with black
G F
We'll give you freedom
G C
From the human trap
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Soar on my wings
G F
You'll touch the hand of God
G F
He'll make you king
G Am
He'll make you king
[INSTRUMENTAL]
F C Em Am F C G Am
[VERSE]
F
So now I curse that raven's fire
C
You made me hate
Em
You made me burn
Am F
He laughed aloud as he flew from Eden
C
You always knew
G
You never learn
[PRE-CHORUS]
Dm Am Em F
The crow no longer sings to me
Dm Am Em F G C
Like Martin Luther or Pericles
[CHORUS]
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Come fly with black
G F
We'll give you freedom
G C
From the human trap
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Soar on my wings
G F
You'll touch the hand of God
G C
He'll make you king
[CHORUS]
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Come fly with black
G F
We'll give you freedom
G C
From the human track
G C
Come join the murder
G C
Soar on my wings
G F
You'll touch the hand of God
G F
He'll make you king
G C G C G C
He'll make you king
