Chords for Evening Over Rooftops - Edgar Broughton Band

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_ _ _ _ _ _ air was thick like honey _ _ [G] looking from the room.
_ [Bb] The room had [G] open windows _ [Dm] to let the springtime through. _ _ _
Evening stood by watching at [C] the sight of summer's promise.
[Bb] The flowers in [C] her garden _ [Dm] were the envy of her friends.
_ How far are we from dying?
[C] Is it merely at an end?
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How far are we [C] from dying?
[Dm] Is it merely at an end? _
The smoke hung on the skyline.
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The city fell in silence.
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The sun set [G] ripe and mellow.
[Dm] What delight to write some thoughts mine.
The children watched for father from [C] their window in the wall.
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Said a prayer [C] for _ grandpapa [Dm] and maybe many more. _ _ _ _ _
Somewhere in the distance [C] on the roof so far away
_ [Bb] I heard the sound [C] of life that [Dm] all the people left _ behind. _ _
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Three birds flew off a building [C] standing proud who missed the sky.
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Many [C] more flew with them _ [Dm]
spiraled upward like laughter. _ _
Faster, _ _ harder, _ [C]
they rose up in a column.
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_ Hundreds [C] upon hundreds _ [Dm]
twice that many wingspeed. _
Fall _ miles across stretched [C] a million _ miles high.
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_ Close [C] to go up [Dm] and the lady of the sky. _
Feathers crashed together.
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Dropped in that huge swan.
[D] _ [Bb] I knew no [G] one could see it.
[Dm] And now it was gone.
I rubbed my eyes to try to find [C] a reason for the flight.
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Exodus _ [C] escape or was [Dm] it just for me to see?
Like the mating of the earth and [C] air.
Like water into _ flowers.
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