Black Skies For The High And Mighty chords by Wrinkle Neck Mules

Chords with lyrics

Standard tuning; approx. 110 bpm.

(During the chorus and bridge, chord transitions are made by
walking up (chorus) or down (bridge) the A augmentedA string (buy the
album and listen to the song to get a feel for it))

  walking up      walking down
  G+G     C majorC     C majorC     A minorAm
e|--3---------0--|  e|--0---------0--|
BB|--0---------1--|  BB|--1---------1--|
G+G|--0---------0--|  G+G|--0---------2--|
D MajorD|--0---------2--|  D MajorD|--2---------2--|
A augmentedA|--2---0-2-3-3--|  A augmentedA|--3--3-2-0--0--|
E MajorE|--3--3---------|  E MajorE|---------------|

[Intro]
D MajorD G+G
D MajorD G+G

[Verse]
D MajorD              G+G
I resigned to a life of resignation
D MajorD                    G+G
Brushed the fires with my own flesh and bone

[Chorus]
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty

[Verse]
D MajorD                G+G
Daylight, well it never felt so right
D MajorD                 G+G
All the plight, I avoid it with my eye

[Chorus]
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty

[Bridge]
A minorAm          C majorC
Let the crows pick my bones
A minorAm          E minorEm
Let the crows pick my bones
A minorAm          C majorC   G+G
Let the crows pick my bones
D MajorD

[Solo 1]
(mandolin break - 4 bars with no chords)

[Solo 2]
D MajorD G+G
C majorC G+G
C majorC G+G

[Verse]
D MajorD                     G+G
Every story is judged by the color of the tongue
D MajorD                   G+G
This ones as dark as my grandmother’s lungs

[Chorus]
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty
C majorC              G+G
Black skies for the high and mighty

[Bridge]
A minorAm          C majorC
Let the crows pick my bones
A minorAm          E minorEm
Let the crows pick my bones
A minorAm          C majorC   G+G
Let the crows pick my bones
D MajorD