Little Black Bird

Intro 

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[Verso 1]


D            G            D 
Little black bird over my shoulder 
                      C            A 
A voice like ice cold cold running water 
D                        G            D 
Eyes made by black magic black magic marker 
             F         A          D 
Little black bird help me find my way 
                F             A        D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 

D               G          D 
Clever red foxy running beside me 
                       C            A 
Teeth like a trap trap snap shut behind me 
D          Bm            G          D 
Flash your fine smile so wicked and wily 
           F         A          D 
Clever red foxy i'll stay well away 
               F             A        D      G D 
Or I fear this might be the end of my days 

D                     G          D 
Little black bird I'm so lost and hungry 
                     C            A 
Dogs closing in they track me and hunt me 
D                    G          D 
Take to the sky lead me to safe country 
             F          A          D 
Little black bird won't you help me escape 
                F             A     D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 

D                      G             D 
See that black spectre high over the trees 
                     C        A 
A nasty hawk harrier harrying me 
D                 G          D 
Try as I might it gives me no peace 
               F             A         D 
See that black spectre wheel over this way 
              F             A     D      G D 
O I fear this might be the end of my days 


[Refrão]

   C            D 
No matter how I try 
   C       G      F     D 
Despite my good intentions 
   C        D 
My nature decides 
  C     G         F 
I can't fight the animal 
    A 
The Wild 
D  G  D 
Inside 

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[Verso 2]


D                  G             D 
Clever red foxy so far from your den 
                     C        A 
Are you as innocent as you pretend 
D                 G          D 
my enemy's enemy might be my friend 
           F       A         D 
Clever red foxy protect me I pray 
                F             A     D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 

D            G                       D 
I once was a prince with castles and farmland 
                       C          A 
I loved me a lovely of beauty and charm and 
    D                 G              D 
The wife of a jealous cruel sorcerer husband 
             F           A            D 
I once was a prince with most refined taste 
                F             A     D      G D 
And I fear this might be the end of my days 

D                G          D 
Foxy oh Foxy I’m not what I seem 
                        C          D 
you knew me once as the Sorcerer’s queen 
    D                         G            D 
his falcon’s black shadow now darkens this stream 
        F           A            D 
Foxy oh Foxy we’re trapped by our ways 
                F             A     D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 


[Refrão]

   C            D 
No matter how I try 
   C       G      F     D 
Despite my good intentions 
   C        D 
My nature decides 
  C     G         F 
I can't fight the animal 
    A 
The Wild 
D  G  D 
Inside 

G D 


[Verso 3]


D                    G               D 
Hunters a-thundering from the king’s castle 
                      C 
Led by that dastardly cuckolded scoundrel 
   D                           G          D 
He won't stop till he takes my tail for a tassel 
                     A               D 
Hunters a thundering from the king’s gate 
                F             A     D      G D 
And I fear this might be the end of my days 

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D C A 
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[Verso 4]


D            G                    D 
Pretty black bird how lovely your voice is 
                      C              A 
My end is near I can hear hounds and horses 
D            Bm           G          D 
Fold up your wing sing me one final Chorus 
             F      A          D 
Pretty black bird I beg you to stay 
                F             A     D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 

D                        G         D 
Darling red foxy there's no future for us 
                  C          A 
I'm doomed in the sky as you are in the forest 
     D            Bm       G        D 
I'll perch by your ear and sing our sad story 
            F      A          D 
Darling red foxy I won't fly away 
                F             A     D      G D 
For I fear this might be the end of my days 
G           F             A     D 
I fear this might be the end of my days 
G           F             A     D 
I fear this might be the end of my days 
G           F             A        D    G D 
I fear this might be the end of my days