I Was An Eagle chords by Laura Marling

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse 1:
FF          C majorC      FF
So your grandmother sounds to me
          C majorC      FF
A augmentedA woman I would be proud to be
         C majorC        FF
And you say she reminds you of me
          C majorC
Every little boy is so naive


♫ Pre-Chorus:
C majorC             A minorAm    E minorEm
I will not be a victim of romance
A minorAm             E minorEm
I will not be a victim of circumstance
A minorAm            E minorEm       G+G
Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man
     A minorAm          E minorEm    A minorAm C majorC C FF
Who could get his dirty little hands on me

♫ Verse 2:
FF          C majorC
So your grandfather sounds like me
FF             C majorC
Head up shoulders back and proud to be
FF           C majorC
Every little girl is so naive
FF             C majorC
Falling in love with the first man that she sees


♫ Pre-Chorus:
C majorC             A minorAm    E minorEm
I will not be a victim of romance
A minorAm             E minorEm
I will not be a victim of circumstance
A minorAm            E minorEm       G+G
Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man
     A minorAm          E minorEm    A minorAm C majorC C FF
Who could get his dirty little hands on me


♫ Chorus:
C majorC    FF    C majorC
When we were in love (if we were)
FF        C majorC
When we were in love
C majorC    A minorAm FF C majorC
I was an eagle
FF       C majorC
And you were a dove

♫ Verse 3:
FF      C majorC
Today I will feel something other than regret
FF          C majorC
Pass me a glass and half-smoked cigarette
FF           C majorC
I've damn near got no dignity left
FF           C majorC
I've damn near got no dignity left


♫ Pre-Chorus:
C majorC             A minorAm    E minorEm
I will not be a victim of romance
A minorAm             E minorEm
I will not be a victim of circumstance
A minorAm            E minorEm       G+G
Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man
     A minorAm          E minorEm    A minorAm C majorC C FF
Who could get his dirty little hands on me


♫ Chorus:
C majorC    FF    C majorC
When we were in love (if we were)
FF        C majorC
When we were in love
C majorC    A minorAm FF C majorC
I was an eagle
FF       C majorC
And you were a dove


♫ Outro:
FF        C majorC
When we were in love (if we were)
C majorC    G+G  E minorEm  C majorC
When we were in love
C majorC      FF
You were a dove
FF   DmDm     FF    C majorC
And I rose above you and preyed

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