Snow Owl Chords by The Mountain Goats

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_ [E] _ _ _ You came down from heaven [B] to the branch outside my window. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Your feathers were the color [A] of snow. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ The dice were loaded against [A] us, ever seeing each [B] other. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ But one of us had nowhere [A] else to go. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ In your eyes were all the colors that [A] the rainbow forgot. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] Your wingspan was three feet [A] wide or better. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ With your voice practicing notes [A] from time's own beginning,
[B] you _
_ [Em] _ _ _ took apart the alphabet [A] letter by _ letter.
[E] And here, where it all stops for good, _
_ [A] _ where the cool waters run, _
_ [E] _ thought I saw a mouse kicking in your beak.
It was only a skeleton. _ _
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