Am  Dm  F  Am  F  G  Am  D  Am

[Verse 1]
       F         G              D
From a window, a vision of your world
         F         G                Am    D  Am
Looks surreal in a blue and grey surround
              F         G               D
I'm here in a corner, a picture on your screen
                F         G
I'm a satellite beam, a bystander
        C            G          F
And I'm watching the ship going down
         C         Em      F      Am
With the deadliest cargo inbound


[Verse 2]
    F              G                 D
Politicians, their axe is ground and clean
           F          G               Am   D  Am
Survey the scene in a well-rehearsed alarm
                    F                G             D
Stand back from the shoreline with a silver dollar smile
                  F              G
And you put us on file, leave an island
       C            G             F
To the curse of the spray and the spill
             C         Em           F
Worse things happen at sea and they will


[Chorus]
    Am       D            F         G              Am
And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields?
         D             F             G              Am
How many words 'til we pay the price in the black fields?
         D                    F             G              F     G  Am
I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields


[Verse 3]
                 F             G             D
All hands to the video, take a movie channel cruise
             F           G                   Am     D  Am
Anything but news, all cocooned we climb the stairs
                 F                G               D
Back here in the black fields, we hide behind the trees
              F               G
In a chemical breeze, leave a call sign
        C            G           F
All the kings of the future will hear
C     Em         F
Civilization was here


[Chorus]
    Am       D            F         G              Am
And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields?
         D             F             G              Am
How many words 'til we pay the price in the black fields?
         D                    F             G              Am
I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields


[Bridge]

To the world outside
                          Dm7
There was nothing more to see

And the story died
        Em
And the demon keeps below the sea
       Am           F
And we cried and cried and cried


[Chorus]
    Am       D            F         G              Am
And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields?
         D             F             G              Am
How many words 'til we pay the price in the black fields?
         D                    F             G              F     G  Am
I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields


[Outro]
       F         G              D
From a window, a vision of your world
         F         G                Am    D
Looks surreal in a blue and grey surround