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The Swans

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Dminor

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Intro (something like it)
(you can also use this for the first verse)
Dm--------Dm7-------|
-3-3-3-x-1-1-1-|
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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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Dm  Dm7   C  A#  Dm
DmHuddled like rDm7abbits
By the hole by the fence
DmFrozen like stCatues
To the A#chair on the Dmlake
DmClouds of biCrds
Make sA#hadows on the Dm7moss
DmFields of kCale
All pA#atterned with Dmice
COh-ohoGhhh CouuuA#uutsiFde
COh-ohoGhhh tChe swA#ans rFise
riff
Curve of the river
Like the neck of a swan
And the veil of the sky
All peppered with rain
A fields of crows
They cling to the bone
And the a love unchanged
By the chatter of time
Oh-ohohhh outside
Oh-ohohhh the swans rise
Riff
----1-0-1-----1-0-1----1-0-1----1-0-1-|
--1---------1--------1--------3-------|
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-0-0-------------------------0-0------|
-----------3-3------1-1---------------|
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The Swans

by Brett Anderson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Intro (something like it)

(you can also use this for the first verse)

Dm Dm7

---------------|

-3-3-3-x-1-1-1-|

---------------|

-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

---------------|

Dm Dm7 C A# Dm

Dm Dm7

Huddled like rabbits

By the hole by the fence

Dm C

Frozen like statues

A# Dm

To the chair on the lake

Dm C

Clouds of birds

A# Dm7

Make shadows on the moss

Dm C

Fields of kale

A# Dm

All patterned with ice

C G C A# F

Oh-ohohhh ouuuuutside

C G C A# F

Oh-ohohhh the swans rise

riff

Curve of the river

Like the neck of a swan

And the veil of the sky

All peppered with rain

A fields of crows

They cling to the bone

And the a love unchanged

By the chatter of time

Oh-ohohhh outside

Oh-ohohhh the swans rise

Riff

----1-0-1-----1-0-1----1-0-1----1-0-1-|

--1---------1--------1--------3-------|

--------------------------------------|

-0-0-------------------------0-0------|

-----------3-3------1-1---------------|

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