Black Wings chords by Tom Waits

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, take an eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
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Just like they say in the Bible
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Well, never leave a trace or forget a face
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Of any man at the table
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Any man at the table
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When the moon is a cold
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chiseled dagger
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And it's sharp enough to
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draw blood from a stone
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He rides through your dreams
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on a coach and horses
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And the fenceposts in the
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moonlight look like bones

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Verse 2

Well they've stopped trying to hold him

With mortar, stone and chain

He broke out of every prison

When the boots mount the staircase

And the door is flung back open

He's not there for he has risen

Verse 3
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Some say he once killed a man
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with a guitar string
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He's been seen at
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the table with kings
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Well, he once saved a baby
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from drowning
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There are those who say beneath his
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coat there are wings
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Well, some say they fear him

Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Well, some say they fear him
Others admire him
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Because he steals his promise
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But one look in his eye
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And everyone denies
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Ever having met him
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Ever having met him

Verse 5
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He can turn himself into a stranger
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Well, they broke a lot of canes on his hide
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He was born away in a cornfield
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A fever beats in his head
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just like a  drum inside

Verse 6
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Some say they fear him
Others admire him
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Because he steals his promise
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But one look in his eye
Everyone denies
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Ever having met him
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Ever having met him
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