I Was an Eagle chords by Laura Marling

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) So your grandmother
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 (C major) sounds to me  (F major) 
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A wo (C major) man I would be proud to be  (F major) 
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And you say she remind (C major) s  you of me  (F major) 
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Every  (C major) little boy is so naive, oh  (A minor) 

Verse 2
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I will not be a victim of  (C major) romance  (A minor) 
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I will not be a  (C major) victim of circumstance
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 (G major) Chance  (A minor) or circumstance or romance,
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 (C major) or any man  (G major) 
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Who could  (A minor) get his dirty
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little hands  (C major) on me

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
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 (F major) So your grandfather sound
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 (C major) s  like me  (F major) 
Head up, shoulders back
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and proud  (C major) to be  (F major) 
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Every little girl is so  (C major) naive  (F major) 
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Falling in love with the first  (C major) 
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man that she sees  (A minor) 

Verse 4
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I will not be a victim of  (C major) ro mance  (G major)  (C major)  (A minor) 
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I will not be a victim of  (C major) circumstance  (G major) 
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 (A minor) Chance or circumstance or romance,
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 (C major) or any man  (G major) 
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Who could get  (A minor) his dirty little
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hands on  (G major) me
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 (A minor)  (C major) 

Verse 5
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When  (F major)  (G major) we were  (C major) in love, if we were
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 (F major) When we  (C major) were in love
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I was an  (F major) eagle
And you were a dove
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 (C major) 

Verse 6
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 (F major) Today I will feel something
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oth (C major) er than regret  (F major) 
Pass me a glass and a half-s
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 (C major) moked cigarette
cigarette
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 (F major) I've damn near got no dig (C major) nity left  (F major) 
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I've damn near got no dig (C major) nity left, oh  (A minor) 

Verse 7
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I will not be a victim of  (C major) romance  (A minor) 
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I will not be a victim of  (C major) circumstance
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 (A minor) Chance or circumstance or romance,
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 (C major) or any man
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Who could  (A minor) get his dirty little
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hands on me  (C major)  (G major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 8
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 (C major) When  (G major) we were in love,  (C major) if we were
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When  (G major) we  (C major) were in love
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I was an  (F major) eagle
And you were a dove
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 (C major) 