Intro: A Am E E7+9
[A] [Am]
a flock of knives cut the sky
[E] [E7+9]
and buried in my black eyes
[A] [Am]
and the clouds they bled in my head
[E]and autumn rain soa[E7+9]ked the dry beds
[A]and the hurricane of her ey[Am]es
[E]wailed away the knives[E7+9]
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
F#m Am E (ring out)
the knives of summertime
[A] [Am]
and i did swallow stained glass tears
[E] [E7+9]
absorbed by the sun for many light years
[A] [Am]
and the fire flies in her hair
[E] [E7+9]
my red concertinas coming down the stairs
[A] [Am]
and the hurricane of her eyes
[E] [E7+9]
wailed away the knives
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
F#m Am E (ring out)
the knives of summertime
[A] [Am]
a flock of knives cut the sky
[E] [E7+9]
and buried in my black eyes
[A] [Am]
and the clouds they bled in my head
[E]and autumn rain soa[E7+9]ked the dry beds
[A]and the hurricane of her ey[Am]es
[E]wailed away the knives[E7+9]
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
F#m Am E (ring out)
the knives of summertime
[A] [Am]
and i did swallow stained glass tears
[E] [E7+9]
absorbed by the sun for many light years
[A] [Am]
and the fire flies in her hair
[E] [E7+9]
my red concertinas coming down the stairs
[A] [Am]
and the hurricane of her eyes
[E] [E7+9]
wailed away the knives
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
[F#m] [B]
the knives of summertime, summertime
F#m Am E (ring out)
the knives of summertime