Alkaline Trio – Blackbird (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
Em C Bm
              x2
Em A G [Verse]
Em
She's black and red and built just like a spy plane

Em
Extracting information from my mind

D                                     C
The photograph she takes into her mainframe

Em                                       D
For your eyes only lonely cold war time (of mine)
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Now after all the city falls just like the night or an angel does
[Chorus]
G
Leave me here alone to collect my things

C                                     Em
She sees music in the terror she brings

           D            C
And like a technicolor dream

             Em                D
The light in your eyes blinded me

D
From the perch she softly smiled

                    Em
My blackbird softly smiled

Em C Bm
              x2
Em A G [Verse]
Em
She's built for speed and made for keeping secrets

Em
Stalking dark and in these skies

D                                    C
From miles above no other ones can detect her

Em                                  D
My blackbird blows a kiss that ends mankind
[Pre-Chorus]
D
And all this time there is no crime of treason that she hasn't seen
[Chorus]
G
Leave me here alone to collect my things

C                                     Em
She sees music in the terror she brings

           D            C
And like a technicolor dream

             Em                D
The light in your eyes blinded me

D
From the perch she softly smiled

                    Em
My blackbird softly smiled
[Bridge] Em C Em C Am
Em C G                  Am      Em
SR71 blackbird from the heavens above

          C         G    D              Em
She's the only one, only spy I ever loved

          G          D
She's the only spy I ever loved
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Now after all the city falls just like the night or an angel does
[Chorus]
G
Leave me here alone to collect my things

C                                     Em
She sees music in the terror she brings

           D           C
And like a technicolor dream

             Em                D
The light in your eyes blinded me

D
From the perch she softly smiled

                    Em
My blackbird softly smiled
[Outro] Em C G Em C G D Em C
Em C G                  Am      Em
SR71 blackbird from the heavens above

          C         G    D              Em
She's the only one, only spy I ever loved