Song: Ironbound/Fancy Poultry
Band: Suzanne Vega
Album: Solitude Standing
Tuning: Standard
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VERSE CHORDS:
00221x
00201x alt 00200x
10321x
10320x alt 10301x
CHORUS CHORDS:
022000
10321x
FANCY POULTRY CHORDS:
00222x
A7sus2 00200x
10321x
10300x
02201x
10323x
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INTRO:
VERSE 1:
In the ironbound section near Avenue L
Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
The clouds so low the morning so slow
As the wires cut through the sky
VERSE 2:
The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground
Into little triangles and the rails run round
Through the rust and the heat the light and sweet
Coffee color of her skin
CHORUS 1:
Bound up in wire and fate
Watching her walk him up to the gate
In front of the ironbound school yard
VERSE 3:
Kids will grow like weeds on a fence
She says they look for the light they try to make sense
They come up through the cracks, like grass on the tracks
She touches him goodbye
CHORUS 2:
Steps off the curb and into the street
The blood and feathers near her feet
Into the ironbound market
INTERLUDE:
VERSE 4:
In the ironbound section near Avenue L
Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
The clouds so low the morning so slow
As the wires cut through the sky
CHORUS 3:
She stops at the stall, fingers the ring
Opens her purse, feels a longing
Away from the ironbound border
INTERLUDE:
(play 4x)
FINALE (play 2x):
A7sus2 A7sus2
Fancy poulty parts sold here
Breasts and thighs and hearts
Backs are cheap and wings are nearly
AND CONTINUE (play 4x):
A7sus2 A7sus2
free, nearly
free, nearly
REPEAT AND FADE TO END:
A7sus2 A7sus2
--crookedpath