Blackbird on the Wire chords by Jools Holland, The Beautiful South

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F
Em
Am
B
E
A
Asus4
Dsus4
Dm
C
G
Gm

Verse 1
F 
Em 
F 
Em 
Am 
Music
B 
E 
A 
Asus4 
Am 
Asus4 
A 
Asus4 
Eyes  to take you dancing,
Dsus4 
Dm 
Dsus4 
Dm 
mouth to leave your wife
C 
Legs  to run away with,
G 
and you wonder why
A 
Asus4 
Heart that makes you bypass
Dm 
every other girl
C 
A smile that keeps you grinning
G 
at the madness of this world
F 
Em 
But like the blackbird on the wire,
F 
Em 
I will not take prey on you
Am 
You wouldn't want me  to,
B 
for I'm too soft for such a thing
E 
F 
Em 
I'm like the blackbird on the wire
F 
Em 
I just watch you buy
Am 
The tears I knew I'd cry
B 
Fall unnoticed down be
E 
Am 
Asus4 
Am 
low
A 
Asus4 
Front to make you happy,
Dm 
back to make you weep
C 
Lips to keep you kissing
G 
whilst everyone's asleep
Am 
Tears to break a backbone,
Dm 
laughs to win a war
C 
People come and ask me,
G 
what I love you for
F 
Em 
Like the blackbird on the wire,
F 
Em 
I will not take away from you
Am 
You wouldn't want me  to,
B 
E 
for I'm too soft for such a thing
F 
Em 
And like the blackbird on the wire,
F 
Em 
I just watched you buy
Asus4 
Am 
The tears I knew I'd      cry,
B 
fall unnoticed down below
E 
Am 
I'm with a tongue
-billed farm
quicksilver
Dm 
and a character of steel
C 
E 
Am 
You actually come and ask me how I feel
Dm 
C 
Gm 
G 
F 
Em 
F 
Em 
Am 
B 
E 
F 
But like a blackbird on the wire
Em 
F 
Em 
I will not take prey on you,
Am 
you wouldn't want me  to
B 
E 
For I'm too soft for such a thing,
F 
Em 
unlike the blackbird and the white
F 
Em 
I just watched you by,
Am 
the tears I knew I'd cry
B 
But I'm noticed down below
E 
Am 
Down below
Down below
Down below you