Neko Case - Magpie To The Mornong Chords & Tabs

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 

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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



Waiting



They are waiting