CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of F#m) Here's the passing hammer-on riffs: EEEEEEm/B e |---0--0---0----0--0--0---| e |---0--0---0------| B |---0--0---0----0--0--0---| B |---0--0---0------| G |---0--0---0-h2-2--2-p0---| G |---0--0---0------| D |---2--2---2----------2---| D |---2--2---2------| A |---2--2------------------| A |---2--2---0-h2---| E |---0--0------------------| E |---0--0----------| CCCFFFdd2 e |---0--0---0--0---| e |---1--1---1--1---| B |---1--1---1--1---| B |---1--1---1--1---| G |---0--0---0--0---| G |---2--2---0-h2---| D |---2--2---0-h2---| D |---3--3---3--3---| A |---3--3---3--3---| A |---3--3---3--3---| E |---3--3---3--3---| E |---1--1---1--1---| Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Em = 022000 F = 133211 Esus4 = 022200 Fsus2 = 133011 C = 332010 D = xx0232 Cadd2 = 330010 Em/A = x02000 h = hammer-on Em/B = x22000 ********************************************************************** Intro Em Esus4 Em Em Esus4 Em x2 ||: / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ :|| Verse 1 Em C Cadd2 The blackbirds came at dusk and they roosted in the cane, F FFus2 C Cadd2 Raised such a ruckus, that it shook my windowpane, Em C Cadd2 And I'm covered up in dirt, and I stink of kerosene, F C Em EEmEm Esus4 Em And no matter what I do, I can't get clean! | / / / /__/ | Verse 2 Em C Cadd2 Last thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall, F FFus2 C Cadd2 Whisky in your voice, and a shotgun on the wall, Em C Now there's shadows in the shadows, there's trouble in the cane, F C Em And there's things you do ..that you just can't ex - plain! Chorus C Em Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart, C D Em Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true, C Em Em/B And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go, C D Em Emus4 Only the blackbirds, ...and you! Verse 3 Em C Come harvest in the cane fields the sky turns black with smoke, F FFus2 C Cadd2 So I took our father's gun, and a heavy piece of rope, Em C Cadd2 And I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground, F C Em And I lit a torch, and I burned the whole thing down! Chorus C Em Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart, C D Em Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true, C Em Em/B And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go, C D Em Emus4 Only the blackbirds, ...and you! Break CD Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah, ah---! CD Ah, ah, ah---! Ah, ah - ah---! Em E4 Em Em E4 Em | / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ | Verse 4 Em C Cadd2 Our father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane, F C Cadd2 He planted seeds of evil, and we harvested the shame, Em C Cadd2 Oh, but I'm the last one standing, there's no one left to tell, F C Em And when it's my time I'll see you both in hell! Chorus C Em Un - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart, C D Em Un - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true, C Em Em/B And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go, C D Em Emus4 Only the blackbirds, ...and you! Coda C CCdd2 Em Em/B And no one saw me come, and no one saw me go, C D Em Emus4 Only the blackbirds ...and you-----! Em Esus4 Em Em Esus4 Em | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / ||