Black Wings

Appears on Bone Machine

Version 1 | Version 2 | Lyrics

Version 1

              Am 

Well, take an eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth

                C          E
Just like they say in the Bible

       Am
Well, never leave a trace
Or forget a face

        C          E
Of any man at the table
Any man at the table

          Dm                      Am
When the moon is a cold chiseled dagger

          Dm                   Am
And it’s sharp enough to draw blood from a stone

      Dm                                     Am
He rides through your dreams on a coach and horses

         Dm                                    C
And the fence posts in the moonlight look like bones

Version 2

|Bm| - |Bm| - |Bm| - |Bm| 
        Bm 
Take an eye for an eye 
			
a tooth for a tooth 
     D                    F# 
Just like they say in the Bible 
Bm 
Never leave a trace 
			
Or forget a face 
       D          F# 
Of any man at the table 
               Bm 
Any man at the table 
			
         Em                      Bm 
When the moon is a cold chiseled dagger 
         Em                   Bm 
And it's sharp enough to draw blood from a stone 
Em                                             Bm    
He rides through your dreams on a coach and horses 
        Em                                     F#
and the fence posts in the moonlight look like bones 			
Well, they've stopped trying to hold him 
with mortar, stone and chain 
He broke out of every prison 
Boots mount the staircase 
The door is flung back open 
He's not there for he has risen 
He's not there for he has risen 
			
Some say once he killed a man with a guitar string 
He's been seen at the table with kings 
Well, he once saved a baby from drowning 
There are those that say beneath his coat there are wings 
			
Some say they fear him 
			
Some say they fear him 
Others admire him 
Because he steals his promise 
One look in his eye 
Everyone denies 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him. 
			
He can turn himself into a stranger 
Well, they broke a lot of canes on his hide 
He was born away in a cornfield 
A fever beats in his head just like a drum inside 
			
Some say they fear him 
Others admire him 
Because he steals his promise 
One look in his eye 
Everyone denies 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him 
Ever having met him 

Lyrics

Take an eye for an eye
Take a tooth for a tooth
Just like they say in the Bible
Never leave a trace or forget a face
Of any man at the table
When the moon is a cold chiseled dagger
Sharp enough to draw blood from a stone
He rides through your dreams on a coach
And horses and the fence posts
In the midnight look like bones

Well they've stopped trying to hold him
With mortar, stone and chain
He broke out of every prison
Boots mount the staircase
The door is flung back open
He's not there for he has risen
He's not there for he has risen

Well he once killed a man with a guitar string
He's been seen at the table with kings
Well he once saved a baby from drowning
There are those who say beneath his coat there are wings
Some say they fear him
Others admire him
Because he steals his promise
One look in his eye
Everyone denies
Ever having met him
Ever having met him

He can turn himself into a stranger
Well they broke a lot of canes on his hide
he was born away in a cornfield
A fever beats in his head like a drum inside
Some say they fear him
Others admire him
Because he steals his promise
One look in his eye
Everyone denies
Ever having met him
Ever having met him