Intro
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A# F Fmaj7
C F Am
A# F Fmaj7
[Verse 1]
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Wrapped in the wings of a sparrow
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Beak is as sharp as an arrow
C F Am
Sings in a whispering whistle
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Sleeps in the ivy and thistle
C F Am
Owls out swooping and howling
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Deep in the midnight a-prowling
C F Am
Mama, the scream of the eagle
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Threading my heart through the needle
C F Am
Threading the blood through the apple
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Sucking the juice from the apple
C F Am
Eating the seeds of the apple
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Bearing the tree of the apple
C F Am
Trapped in the weeds like a scarecrow
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Stuck to the wind like Velcro
C F Am
Distantly hearing the bell toll
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Warbling chime through the meadow
[Verse 2]
C F Am
Mama, the scream of the eagle
A# F Fmaj7
Threading my heart through the needle
C F Am
Threading the blood through the apple
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Eve sucked the juice from the apple
C F Am
Nakedly running, I saw her
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Boy chasing after to stall her
C F Am
I wish I'd have spoken to call her
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Before she found fabric to shawl her
C F Am
Breasts bound and burdened with fiber
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Adam came trembling beside her
Fmaj7
And he said, and he said
C F Am
That she has the poison inside her
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She talks to snakes and they guide her
C F Am
She has the poison inside her
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She talks to snakes and they guide her
C F Am
She has the poison inside her
A# F Fmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her
C F Am
She has the poison inside her
A# F Fmaj7
She talks to snakes and they guide her
[Outro]
C F Am
A# F Fmaj7
C F Am
A# F Cmaj7