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Magpie Tab

by Mountain Goats


This is pretty much all correct. I am a little uncertain of the D chord in the verse. If 
D doesn't work for you, try a B minor.


Intro:      x2


                      
Feed the kittens in the kitchen
                    
Set food out for the strays
                  
Try hard to do your best
                        
The magpie will have his way


        x2

                   
Fill your mouth with berries
                       
By the full light of the moon
                    
Work all night if you have to
                   
The magpie comes at noon


Bridge:

         x4


               
Shore up the crucifixes
                          
Above the archways and the doors
                      
The magpie will come at midday
                           
And you will go down on all fours


        x2


                               
And when the cherry's white with blossoms
               
Be ready and be brave
                   
And remember what we had here
                                
When there was something left to save

Bridge:

        x4