Midnight Directives

F G/F F G/F F G/F F G/F F Cross her off the shortlist G/F My blood is a red-winged bird F G/F The way will be lit by the bridges we burn, oh F And come, tornado! G/F Carry me away from the croft F G/F Ruffle my hair, bear my body aloft, oh Fmaj7/A G As the cutlass came down on a Saturday night Cm6/Eb G/B Left an un-planted field, left my daughter and wife Fmaj7/A G Called away into service, for a clerical life Cm6/Eb G/B Left an un-planted field, left my daughter and wife F G/F F G/F F Thought I was a sad-boy G/F Now I know, I know, I know I was wrong F G/F Since you came along, I can see how content I had been F G/F It'll drive a man crazy to age from the outside in F G/F But I have a plan, it's a trick with a prick of a pin Fmaj7/A G As the cutlass came down on a Saturday night Cm6/Eb G/B Left an un-planted field, left my daughter and wife Fmaj7/A G Called away into service, for a clerical life Cm6/Eb G/B Left an un-planted field, left my daughter and wife Fmaj7/A G For a man can be bought, and a man can be sold Cm6/Eb Bmin7b5 And the price of a hundred thousand unwatered souls Fmaj7/A G Is a bit of meat and a bit of coal G Cm6/Eb It's a bit of meat and a bit of coal G/B It's a little bit of meat and coal Fmaj7/A G Is a bit of meat and a bit of coal G Cm6/Eb It's a bit of meat and a bit of coal G/B It's a little bit of meat and coal Fmaj7/A G Cm6/Eb G/B Fmaj7/A G Cm6/Eb G/B Fmaj7/A G Cm6/Eb G/B