Black Flies Ben Howard

Black Flies

Ben Howard

GrooveGenie

477
0:00 5:55
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Cm
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
Absus2 Cm7 Bbsus4 Absus2
Absus2 Cm7 Bbsus4
Absus2
                      Cm7
Black flies on the windowsill

[Verse 1]
That we are
That we are
        Bbsus4   Absus2
That we are   to know  
                Cm7
Winter stole summer's thrill
        Bbsus4         Absus2
And the river's cracked      and cold
                  Cm7
See the sky is no man's land
  Bbsus4        Absus2
A darkened plume      to stay
                     Cm7
Hope here needs a humble hand
      Bbsus4     Absus2
Not a fox   found      in your place

[Interlude]
                 | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 |
| Absus2 - | - - | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 |
| Absus2 - | - - | -   - | - -      |

[Chorus]
Cm7                  Bbsus4           Absus2
   And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Cm7
   Oh,
                    Bbsus4                  Absus2
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
                      Cm7
Black flies on the windowsill

[Verse 2]
That we are
That we are
        Bbsus4   Absus2
That we are   to hold  
                     Cm7
Comfort came against my will
             Bbsus4 Absus2
And every story must      grow old
                   Cm7
Still I'll be a traveler
  Bbsus4       Absus2
A gypsy's reins      to face
                   Cm7
But the road is wearier
          Bbsus4     Absus2
With that fool  found      in your place

[Interlude]
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |

[Chorus]
Cm7                  Bbsus4           Absus2
   And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Cm7
   Oh,
                    Bbsus4                  Absus2
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
Bbsus4
Cm7              Bbsus4           Absus2
   No man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Cm7
   Oh,
                    Bbsus4                  Absus2
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
So here we are!

[Solo]
Cm7 Absus2 Cm7 Absus2
Cm7
  Absus2  Cm7  Absus2  Cm7
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh
  Absus2  Cm7  Absus2  Cm7
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh
Absus2 Cm7 Absus2 Cm7
Absus2 Cm7 Absus2

[Interlude]
             | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - |

[Bridge]
Cm7                              Absus2
   And I don't wanna beg your pardon
                              Cm7
And I don't wanna ask you why,   no
                         Absus2
But if I was to go my own      way
                            Cm7
Would I have to pass you by?
                              Absus2
And I don't wanna beg your pardon
                              Cm7
And I don't wanna ask you why,   no
                         Absus2
But if I was to go my own      way
                            Cm7
Would I have to pass you by?

[Outro]
  Absus2  Cm7  Absus2  Cm7
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh
  Absus2  Cm7  Absus2  Cm7
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh

Bars

[Intro]
| Absus2 - | - -      | Cm7    - | - Bbsus4 |
| Absus2 - | - -      | Absus2 - | - -      |
| Cm7    - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - -      |
| Cm7    - | - -      | -     

Black flies on the windowsill

[Verse 1]
                  Bbsus4 | Absus2 - |
| - - | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - |
| - - | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - |
| - - | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - |
| - - | -   - |

That we are
That we are
That we are   to know
Winter stole summer's thrill
And the river's cracked      and cold
See the sky is no man's land
A darkened plume      to stay
Hope here needs a humble hand
Not a fox   found      in your place

[Interlude]
                 | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 |
| Absus2 - | - - | Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 |
| Absus2 - | - - | -   - | - -      |

[Chorus]
| Cm7    - | -      - | Bbsus4 - | -      - |
| Absus2 - | -      - | -      - | Cm7    - |
| -      - | Bbsus4 - | -      - | Absus2 - |
| -      - | -      - | -      - | Cm7    - |
| -      - | -     

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Oh,
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
Black flies on the windowsill

[Verse 2]
            Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |

That we are
That we are
That we are   to hold
Comfort came against my will
And every story must      grow old
Still I'll be a traveler
A gypsy's reins      to face
But the road is wearier
With that fool  found      in your place

[Interlude]
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |
| Cm7 - | - Bbsus4 | Absus2 - | - - |

[Chorus]
| Cm7    - | -      - | Bbsus4 -      | -      - |
| Absus2 - | -      - | -      -      | Cm7    - |
| -      - | Bbsus4 - | -      -      | Absus2 - |
| -      - | -      - | -      Bbsus4 | Cm7    - |
| -      - | Bbsus4 - | -      -      | Absus2 - |
| -      - | -      - | Cm7    -      | -      - |
| Bbsus4 - | -      - | Absus2 -      | -      - |
| -      - | -      - |

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Oh,
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
No man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Oh,
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
So here we are!

[Solo]
             | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - |

Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh

[Interlude]
             | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - |

[Bridge]
             | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |

And I don't wanna beg your pardon
And I don't wanna ask you why,   no
But if I was to go my own      way
Would I have to pass you by?
And I don't wanna beg your pardon
And I don't wanna ask you why,   no
But if I was to go my own      way
Would I have to pass you by?

[Outro]
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 | - |
| Absus2 | - | Cm7 |

Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh
Uh      Uh   Uh      Uh

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