{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":736422,"song":"Rooks","artist":"Shearwater","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11585912-rooks-chords-by-shearwater/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/736422?type=chord","rating":4.86631,"votes":13,"content":"Intro :  [ch]Gm[/ch] - [ch]Cm[/ch] - [ch]Gm[/ch] - [ch]Cm[/ch] - [ch]Gm[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nwhen the rooks were laid in piles[/tab]\r\n                    \r\nby the sides of the road\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\ncrashing into the aerials[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\ntangled in the laundery line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nand gathered in a field[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]Gm[/ch] - [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nthey were burned in a feathering pyre[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith a cold black eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nwhen the swallows fell from the eaves[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the gulls from the spires\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nand starlings in the millions[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nwill feed on the ground where they lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nthe ambulance men said there's[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]Gm[/ch] - [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nnowhere to flee for your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nso we stayed inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand we'll sleep until[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nthe world of man is paralyzed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOh the falconer awakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto the sound of the bells[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\noverhead and southbound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey are leaving his life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nand each empty cage just rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nin his heart like a bell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nunderneath these cold stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand his trembling night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand he cries of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"let the kingdom come to night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nlet this dream be realized\"[/tab]\r","plain_text":"Intro :  Gm - Cm - Gm - Cm - Gm - D\n\n\n\n                    \nby the sides of the road\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nand the gulls from the spires","chords":["Gm","Cm","D","Bb","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}