Tono: E
Introducción:
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Something from the dark came down the night John Rufus died
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It landed on the window sill and there it cried all night
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We could not see the shape of it, wailing filled the air
Em7 A7(4) Em7 A7(4)
We knew not what it looked like but we knew why it was there
C9 A7(4) Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
A7(4) D2 Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
Instrumental
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I'd moved off of the family farm in 1954
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I was in and out of Fort Roots since I came back from the war
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He died on the Ides of March just before the dawn
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Mama stayed up with him 'til that howling thing was gone
C9 A7(4) Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
A7(4) D2 Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
Instrumental
C9
The things we carried in war
Em7
The things we carry now
C9
Every ounce added up
D2
Can't seem to set them down
Em7
I can't seem to set 'em down
Instrumental
Em7 A7(4) Em7 A7(4)
Something from the dark came down, I still hear its song
Em7 A7(4) Em7 A7(4)
Did it follow from the old world? Had it been here all along?
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The banshee didn't seem to bother when it was wartime
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Too much death and sorrow, too many people crying
C9 A7(4) Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
A7(4) D2 Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
C9 A7(4) Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
A7(4) D2 Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
Outro