The Vulture Chords by Labi Siffre

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_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ They call me [D] the vulture, _ [Am] that's my name.
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I hide [Bm] [Am] around the town looking for games.
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_ [Am] Any girl who's lost [D] a [Am] man, I'm by her side as [D] fast as I [Am] can.
Then I tell her things that she [D] wants to hear.
[Am] I'm an evil man.
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_ _ [D] I'm [Am] a vulture.
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_ [F] _ _ _ [Em] I'm a vulture.
I _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] say, now [D] that [Am] it's over, what you gonna do?
I'm just so sad that [D] you're on your own [Am] and your heart is shit afloat. _ _
That man is gone and he's [D] gone for [Am] good.
He's gone and he's never coming back.
The love that you had, [D] that was beautiful.
[Am] But it's dead and that is a [D] fact.
[Am] _ If you're looking for [D] _
[Am] consolation, don't have to look [E] no more.
Then I throw my [D] wings [Em] around the girl I've made a shot.
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[F] I'm _ _ [Am] _ _ a vulture.
_ _ [D] _ [F] _ I'm a [D] _
_ [Am] vulture.
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When I fly into [Dm] town, the wood [Am] gets brown.
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_ [F] The vultures hear you, better [Bb] tie [F] your baby down.
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_ _ Take your girl for a [D] drink.
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Take her out for something [D] to eat.
[Am] Leave her just for a little [D] while.
_ [Am] _ Take her nature a [D] treat.
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By the time [D] you've made it [Am] back, I've got her name, dress [D] and a date.
And [Em] she can't see by the far way [D] looking around [Am] that you've made it back.
[D] Much too [F] late.
Much [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ too late.
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Move _ [C] _ [Am] out now.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] The vulture's got [E] [Am] class.
The vulture's got [D]
style.
[Em] The vulture _ [D] can't kill [Am] her with a look or a smile.
[D] _ The vulture's in [Bm] town.
[Am] So you better [D] beware.
_ [Em] Marry the singer [E] or you [Am] just don't get [D]
[F] a _ [Em] vulture.
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I'm a vulture.
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_ _ _ _ _ vulture.
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