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Jackdaw

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D/F#e-x
b-3
g-2
d-0
a-x
e-2
GI'm like a jackdaw 
CCawing at your bDackdoor 
GScratching at your window pCane D  
GHey throw your window wide C  
And taste the DApril nGight with me again C  D  
GGirl we been veering 
BackwarCds disappeaDring 
GDown in to the murky deepC  D  
GBaby come on 
We'll be alonCg time Dgone 
TGhat's time enough for sleeCp D  
EmAnd hey now dDon't run anCd hide 
EmYour little hDeart away C  
If it's gone G  D/F#  Em  
DWe'll sure never Cfind it 
DPining for lost Cinnocence G  
(Repeat verse:)
Our hammers beating hard 
Against that old facade 
Some other air to breathe
That we might break these molds 
And free our restless souls 
Start to believe
That we can rise above 
Our pettiness and love 
Like we ain't loved before
Free on this earth 
As the surf that rolls 
And crashes on the shore
 (pre chorus and chorus)
And hey now don't run and hide 
Your little heart away 
If it's gone 
We'll sure never find it 
Pining for lost innocence 
 (Bridge)
FTantalisingly CI saw G  
FOur shadows moving tChrougAmh the doGor 
FTraces from a differCent time G  
FWhen I was yours and yCou were tAmruly mDine 
All mine 
(Back to verse)
And I still want you yeah 
I still want you yeah 
I still want you yeah 
I still want you yeah 
And I still want you yeah 
I still want you yeah 
I still want you yeah 
I still want you 
(pre and chorus)
And baby don't run and hide 
Your little heart away 
If it's gone 
We'll sure never find it 
Pining for lost innocence 
Pining for lost innocence 
Pining for lost innocence

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Jackdaw

by David Gray

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

e-x

b-3

g-2

d-0

a-x

e-2

I'm like a jackdaw

C D

Cawing at your backdoor

G C D

Scratching at your window pane

G C

Hey throw your window wide

D G C D

And taste the April night with me again

Girl we been veering

C D

Backwards disappearing

G C D

Down in to the murky deep

Baby come on

C D

We'll be along time gone

G C D

That's time enough for sleep

Em D C

And hey now don't run and hide

Em D C

Your little heart away

G D/F# Em

If it's gone

D C

We'll sure never find it

D C G

Pining for lost innocence

(Repeat verse:)

Our hammers beating hard

Against that old facade

Some other air to breathe

That we might break these molds

And free our restless souls

Start to believe

That we can rise above

Our pettiness and love

Like we ain't loved before

Free on this earth

As the surf that rolls

And crashes on the shore

(pre chorus and chorus)

And hey now don't run and hide

Your little heart away

If it's gone

We'll sure never find it

Pining for lost innocence

(Bridge)

F C G

Tantalisingly I saw

F C Am G

Our shadows moving through the door

F C G

Traces from a different time

F C Am D

When I was yours and you were truly mine

All mine

(Back to verse)

And I still want you yeah

I still want you yeah

And I still want you yeah

I still want you yeah

I still want you

(pre and chorus)

And baby don't run and hide

Your little heart away

If it's gone

We'll sure never find it

Pining for lost innocence

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