Laura Marling – I Was An Eagle (Guitar)

C
So your grandmother sounds to me

C
A woman I would be proud to be

C       F       C
And you say she reminds you of me

C
Every little boy is so naive

C               Am        Em       
I will not be a victim of romance

Am                     B
I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am                        F        B      G
Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man

B         Am                   Em            Am  C  F
Who could get his dirty little hands on me

F                   C           
So your grandfather sounds like me

F                          C
Head up shoulders back and proud to be

C             G      C
Every little girl is so naive

C
Falling in love with the first man that she sees

Am                              B
I will not be a victim of romance

C               B                     Em
I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am                        C               Em  
Chance or circumstance or romance, or any man

B                              Dm       Am  B F#m Am C
Who could get his dirty little hands on me

C       F       C
When we were in love (if we were)

C
When we were in love

C        Am  F
I was an eagle

F              C
And you were a dove

F            C
Today I will feel something other than regret

F         C
Pass me a glass and half-smoked cigarette

F                     C
I've damn near got no dignity left

F                     C
I've damn near got no dignity left

Am              Em             B  Am   
I will not be a victim of romance

C                      Em 
I will not be a victim of circumstance

Am                   C     
Chance or romance or circumstance, or any man

Am                                    Em  C Am C
Who could get his dirty little hands on me

C       G       C        G      C
When we were in love (if we were)

C       F       C
When we were in love

C            F
I was an eagle

F                   C  F
And you were a dove

F               C
When we were in love (if we were)

C       G    Em    C
When we were in love

C           F
You were a dove

F     Dm         G       F      C
And I rose above you and preyed