Magpie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]On a lark, I took [Dm]a drive
[G]down a dark road
Toward the sign that said 'The West'
When I seen it
That glimmer[Dm]ing [G]green mark[D]
was [G]all I needed
[Am]To feel you in the pas[G]senger [Bm]seat
Hum[G]ming [Bm]I’m older[G]
[Am]I feel your withered [G]hand on my knee
Though I'm [Bm]traveling alone
[G]When

[Verse 2]
[D]we we wer[G]e kids
[Bm]we'd [G]pile [F]in
[Dm]And take [D]the the same [G]road toward
The island in the West
We would run [Bm]and skipping [Dm]stones
Sinking [D]lower [G]than the evening [Am]sun
You were an [G]old man then
Getting [Bm]older [A]every [G]day[Am]
And I [G]could feel it then
Those [Bm]were diamond [D]days

[Verse 3]
[Bm]And [A]I th[D]in[G]k I know where
Where you go when [Bm]you [A]die
[D]you[G]'re the magpie
One [Bm]sorrow, [G]two [Dm]for joy[D]

[Verse 4]
Though I nev[G]er pay no mind to the wire
All the birds [Bm]that [G]perched [Dm]upon it
[G]But [D]now [G]a bee's in my [Am]bonnet
I remember the coun[G]try roads
Cause[Bm]ways and [G]the dunes
[Am]And the magpie's l[G]onely
wail sounded like you
[Bm][D]

[Verse 5]
[Bm]Now that[A] I thi[D]nk[G] that I know[D]
Where [G]we going [D]when [Bm]you [A]die[D][G]

[Interlude 1]
You are the magpie
[G][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][Esus4]
[Em][Bm][Em][Bm][Em][Bm]
[Em][Bm]

[Verse 6]
[Em]All the way from C[Bm]lare
[Em]The Atlantic in ou[Bm]r hair
A murder of crows [D]flew [Bm]over us
[Em]Early morning [Bm]drive,
[Em]singing to p[Bm]ass the time
[D]When [Bm]you can shut the door
And you can feel us
[Em]Coming around the [Bm]bend,
[Em]coming home agai[Bm]n[D]
[Bm]Even the sky come down like [G]this
[Bm][Dm][D]

[Interlude 2]
[G][Dm][G][D][G]

[Verse 7]
When you [G]go
We [Bm]will bury [Dm]you along t[G]he same [D]road[G]
As the sun sets in the west
You, on our shoulders, we [Bm]will lower [Dm]you
[D]Into [G]the ground like [Am]a boulder
When a magpie [G]lands on me,
[Bm]hum [G]ming a[Am]
I feel your [G]breath on my
Cheek though I'm alone
[Bm][G][G][D]