Key: F
Introduction:
F# B
Magpie comes a calling
F# C#
Drops a marble from the sky
F#
Tin roof sounds alarm
B F#
And wake up child
C# B F#
Let this be a warning says the magpie to the morning
B C# B
Don't let this fading summer pass you by
F#
Don't let this fading summer pass you by
B
Black hands held so high
F#
The vulture wheels and dives
Something on the thermals yanked his chain
B F# C# G#m
Smelled your boring apex rotting on the train tracks
F#
He laughed under his breath Because you
B
thought that you could outrun sorrow
Take your own advice
F#
Thunder and lightening gets you rain
B F#
Run an airtight mission, a Cousteau expedition
B F# D#m
To find a diamond at the bottom of the drain
F# B
A diamond at the bottom of the drain
F#
Hear the mocking bird sing
C#
In the middle of the night
B F# B
All of his songs are stolen so he hides
F# B
Stole them out from whiporwills
F#
Screaming car alarms
He sings them for you special
B
He knows you're afraid of the dark
F#
Come on sorrow
B F#
Take your own advice
B
Hide under the bed
F# B
Turn out the light
F# B F#
Stars this night in the sky are ringing out
C# B F#
You can almost hear them saying
G#m
"Close your eyes now kid"
B
"Close your eyes now kid"
F#
Morning is too far lit
They are waiting