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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Clannad - Blackstairs
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Intro]
    A      G/A    F    G    A   F   G    A(2x)
[Verse 1]
CGolden Deyes, they Alook to me
CStare those Deyes at E7me
[Chorus]
You Amust be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
Yes, you must be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
[Verse 2]
There's Cno disDguise uApon your face
You're Cnot like Danyone I E7know
They Fgive so Cfreely and they D7come when CI come Dout
But Fyou're the Amone, the Emone I Am7want to underDstandEm  
[Chorus]
You Amust be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
Yes, you must be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
[Bridge]
EmYou're not Cscared, no, Emyou don't GansAwer
You Emjust stand Cthere, Emface the Astairs going home
If EmI could Cchoose my Emown way Gdown, Adown
I'd Emtake the Croad to the Dblackstairs
[Interlude]
A    G/A    F  G  A  F G A
[Chorus]
You Amust be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
[Verse 3]
The Csadness Draging in the Abroken man
CStays unDtil the day E7ends
When Fhe is Cfree to think of D7better Cdays aDgain
Looks Flike the Amscales of Emlove and Am7time are all the DsameEm  
[Chorus]
You Amust be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
And I long to go up G/Athere
And Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  
Yes, you must be one of thoG/Ase girls
Who Flive on the GblackAstairsF  G  A  

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Blackstairs

by Clannad

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/A

Am7

*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****

Clannad - Blackstairs

CAPO: 5th Fret

[Intro]

A G/A F G A F G A

(2x)

[Verse 1]

C D A

Golden eyes, they look to me

C D E7

Stare those eyes at me

[Chorus]

A G/A

You must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

G/A

Yes, you must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

[Verse 2]

C D A

There's no disguise upon your face

C D E7

You're not like anyone I know

F C D7 C D

They give so freely and they come when I come out

F Am Em Am7 D Em

But you're the one, the one I want to understand

[Chorus]

A G/A

You must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

G/A

Yes, you must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

[Bridge]

Em C Em G A

You're not scared, no, you don't answer

Em C Em A

You just stand there, face the stairs going home

Em C Em G A

If I could choose my own way down, down

Em C D

I'd take the road to the blackstairs

[Interlude]

A G/A F G A F G A

[Chorus]

A G/A

You must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

[Verse 3]

C D A

The sadness raging in the broken man

C D E7

Stays until the day ends

F C D7 C D

When he is free to think of better days again

F Am Em Am7 D Em

Looks like the scales of love and time are all the same

[Chorus]

A G/A

You must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

G/A

And I long to go up there

F G A F G A

And live on the blackstairs

G/A

Yes, you must be one of those girls

F G A F G A

Who live on the blackstairs

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