Al Stewart – Zero She Flies (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
A
She's a mollusk,a seamstress,a princess, a priestess,

                                Asus4
a negress, she knows her position

         D                Dsus4      D
She's a swallow, a willow, a cello, a pillow,
a bow and also a physician
E               D
She takes your eyes and mends your head

E                D
She draws the wine and breaks the bread

         A
She has no lies to tell you and no truths to sell you

         G           E        A
She's a girl, she's almost a woman
[Chorus]
    F                        C     G
And Zero she flies as the morning sighs

D                          A
Spreads her wings like a seagull

           F                      C          G
From the mountain he watches her,biding his time

         D                       A    G   A
But his eyes are the eyes of an eagle
[Verse 2]
         A
He's a hawthorn, a raven, a scarecrow, a haven
for moon-blessed thought and opinion
          D
He will laugh like the fountains, the bones of the mountains
lie deep in his forest religion
          E        D
You will call his name when evening falls

          E          D
And the ground sets hard and the night wind calls

          A
You will feed him and heed him, at times you will need him

G              E         A
Say you were almost his woman
[Chorus]
    F                        C     G
And Zero she flies as the morning sighs

D                          A
Spreads her wings like a seagull

           F                      C          G
From the mountain he watches her,biding his time

         D                       A    G   A
But his eyes are the eyes of an eagle
[Verse 3]
A
In the shuddering mad red blood-let sunset
a tired man is leaving his cover
         D
And the soft eyes of Zero are cut by the sounds
of the vanishing feet of her lover
         E           D
And the door slams shut and the air grows tight

         E           D
And her throat is gripped by the hands of night

     A
And all that is left is the clock on the shelf

       G         E         A
As it ticks one day into another
[Chorus]
     F                     C       G
And Zero she sighs as the morning dies

          D                  A
With the broken wings of a seagull

          F                          C         G
From the mountain he watches her, sensing his time

         D                       A    G   A
But his eyes are the eyes of an eagle
[Verse 4]
A
At the fall of the day the man of the mountain
is nearing the end of his travel
         D
And the fence is down on the westland bounds
and a footfall pounds in the gravel
         E            D
Comes a knock three times and the air grows still

        E      D
As he steps inside from the sudden chill

          A
And the moment is caught in the net of the night

          G        E        A
For the coming of dawn to unravel
[Chorus]
     F                     C        G
And Zero she flies as the morning sighs

D                          A
Spreads her wings like a seagull

         F                       C          G
From the mountain he's coming, judging his time

          D                       A
And his eyes are the eyes of an eagle

    F                      C       G
Oh Zero she flies as the morning dies

D                          A
Spreads her wings like a seagull

          F                        C          G
From her window he watches her, a man in his time

          D             C        A
But his eyes are the eyes of an eagle