Tom: G
G
Four and twenty blackbirds sitting on a fence
G
Four and twenty years and I been trying to make some sense
C
But it don't look too good mama
G
Don't look too good for me
D C G
I was wading in the water but I only got washed out to sea
G
Four and twenty blackbirds flying through the sky
G
Four and twenty years and still I'm barely getting by
C
But it don't look too good mama
G
Don't look too good for me
D C G
I was toiling in the fields But the whirlwind is all I did see
G
Four and twenty blackbirds crowing up above
G
Four and twenty years and I been in and out of love
C
But it don't look too good mama
G
Don't look too good for me
D C G
Well my cup runneth over But it never seems to satisfy me
G
It's four and twenty thunder, Four and twenty rain
G
I just walking on the rails, I just keep grinning at the train
C
But it don't look too good mama
G
Don't look too good for me
D C G
Oh my cup runneth over But it never seems to satisfy me
G
Four and twenty blackbirds crowing on a wire
G
Four and twenty years that I been caught up in desire
C
But it don't look too good mama
G
Don't look too good for me
D C G
I got one taste of the apple and I wanted the whole damned tree
D C G
I got one taste of the apple and I wanted the whole damned tree
