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I Was An Eagle- Laura Marling
Intro:  C   G   C   F   C  
CSo your grandmother sounds to me
CA woman I would be proud to be
CAnd you Fsay she Creminds you of me
CEvery little boy is so naive
CI will not be a Amvictim of Emromance
AmI will not be a victim Bof circumstance
AmChance or circumstance or Fromance, Bor any Gman
BWho could Amget his dirty little Emhands on meAm  C  F  
FSo your grandfather Csounds like me
FHead up shoulders back and Cproud to be
CEvery little gGirl is Cso naive
CFalling in love with the first man that she sees
AmI will not be a victim of romancBe
CI will not be a Bvictim of circumstanceEm  
AmChance or circumstance or Cromance, or any Emman
BWho could get his dirty little Dmhands on AmmeB  F#m  Am  C  
CWhen we Fwere in Clove (if we were)
CWhen we were in love
CI was an AmeaglFe
FAnd you were a Cdove
FToday I will Cfeel something other than regret
FPass me a Cglass and half-smoked cigarette
FI've damn near got no Cdignity left
FI've damn near got no Cdignity left
AmI will not be a Emvictim of romanBceAm  
CI will not be a victim Emof circumstance
AmChance or romance or Ccircumstance, or any man
AmWho could get his dirty little hands oEmn meC  Am  C  
CWhen we Gwere in Clove (if Gwe wereC)
CWhen we Fwere in Clove
CI was an eaglFe
FAnd you were a doveC  F  
FWhen we were in Clove (if we were)
CWhen we Gwere Emin lovCe
CYou were a dFove
FAnd I Dmrose above Gyou and FpreyedC  

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I Was An Eagle

by Laura Marling

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I Was An Eagle- Laura Marling

C G C F C

Intro:

So your grandmother sounds to me

A woman I would be proud to be

C F C

And you say she reminds you of me

Every little boy is so naive

C Am Em

I will not be a victim of romance

Am B

I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am F B G

Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man

B Am Em Am C F

Who could get his dirty little hands on me

F C

So your grandfather sounds like me

F C

Head up shoulders back and proud to be

C G C

Every little girl is so naive

Falling in love with the first man that she sees

Am B

I will not be a victim of romance

C B Em

I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am C Em

Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man

B Dm Am B F#m Am C

Who could get his dirty little hands on me

C F C

When we were in love (if we were)

When we were in love

C Am F

I was an eagle

F C

And you were a dove

F C

Today I will feel something other than regret

F C

Pass me a glass and half-smoked cigarette

F C

I've damn near got no dignity left

F C

I've damn near got no dignity left

Am Em B Am

I will not be a victim of romance

C Em

I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am C

Chance or romance or circumstance, or any man

Am Em C Am C

Who could get his dirty little hands on me

C G C G C

When we were in love (if we were)

C F C

When we were in love

C F

I was an eagle

F C F

And you were a dove

F C

When we were in love (if we were)

C G Em C

When we were in love

C F

You were a dove

F Dm G F C

And I rose above you and preyed

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