Blackstairs Chords by Clannad

[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
[F] I'm going to sing a song called [G] Colder Times.
Colder times, [D] listen to [Dm] me.
[F] Stare [G] those [Am] eyes [D] at [Em] me. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] Yes, [Bb] _ [D] _ _
you, _ _ [G] _ [C] _ I [Bb] will [C] live on [D] your nose.
[Bb] _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ [G] Snow-pinned scars [D] upon your face.
[F] They're not [G] like anyone [Am] I know.
[Bb] They [F] give so freely, [G] and [Am] they come when [G] I call.
[Bb] But [Dm] you're the [Am] one, the [F] one I want [G] to stop.
[Am] You [D] must be _ [C] honest. _ _
[Bb] [C] I'll live [D] on their backs.
[Bb] _ [D] _ _
Yes, you must.
[G] They know [C] those who _
[Bb] [C] live [D] on their backs.
[Bb] _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] [F] You're not scared.
[Dm] [Am] No, you [D] don't answer.
[Am] Just [F] stand there.
[Am] Face [G] the stairs.
[Am] Awake on [F] my good news.
[Am] My own [D] way down I found.
[Am] Take the [F] road, [G] and you might stay.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] [D] Colder [G] times, _
[Bb] [C] listen to me.
[D] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] Sadness raging [D] in the broken man.
[F] Stays [G] until [Am] the [D] end.
[Am] _ [Bb]
[F] If you scream to [G] think [F] a better [G] day is a war.
[Bb] Looks [Dm] like the [Em] scales [F] of love and time [G] are at stake.
[A] _
[D] You must be [C] honest.
[G] Snow-pinned [Bb] _ [C] scars upon your [D] face.
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _
They're not _ _ [G] like [C] _ anyone [Bb] _ _ [C] [D] I [Bb] know.
[C] _ [D] _
They give so freely, and they come when I call.
You must be honest.
_ [C] I'll _ _ _
[Bb] live [C] on their [D] backs.
[Bb] _ [C] _ [D] _ _