Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Verse 1:
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
I walked in the garden and what did I see?
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Fresh blood on some feathers and an old coyote
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Smiling and growling, looked straight in my eyes
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Said ′ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies′
🎸 Verse 2:
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Where did you come from? How long will you stay?
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Like a curious cat, I kept firing away
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
He had a great story, that much I could tell
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
He said, 'I am from heaven and I am from hell'
🎸 Verse 3:
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
′For decades and decades I′ve hunted and roamed
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
But I go incognito no shape of my own
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Sometimes I am human and rather well known
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
Sometimes I' m the whisper on your nights alone′
🎸 Chorus:
'I′ll say,
C majorC F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
Can you see, it's not about hope, it′s not about truth, don't be naive
C majorC F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
So come dance with me, I'll keep you safe-give you all you can take
AbAb
I′ll make you happy′
🎸 Verse 4:
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
I spun on my heal and i ran towards the street
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
He was so close behind me I could hear his heart beat
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
I turned round to face him but he took to the sky
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
And a dozen old blackbirds started to cry
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
They said, 'ask him no questions, he′ll tell you no lies'
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC F minorFm
They said, ′ask him no questions, he'll tell you no lies′