Magpie To The Morning

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
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