walking up           walking down 
    G         C          C         Am      
e|--3---------0--|   e|--0---------0--| 
B|--0---------1--|   B|--1---------1--| 
G|--0---------0--|   G|--0---------2--| 
D|--0---------2--|   D|--2---------2--| 
A|--2---0-2-3-3--|   A|--3--3-2-0--0--|  
E|--3--3---------|   E|---------------| 
Intro 
D G 
D G 
Verse 
D                            G 
I resigned to a life of resignation  
D                                       G 
Brushed the fires with my own flesh and bone  
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty  
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty 
Verse 
D                               G 
Daylight, well it never felt so right  
D                                  G 
All the plight, I avoid it with my eye  
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty  
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty 
Bridge 
Am                    C 
Let the crows pick my bones  
Am                    Em 
Let the crows pick my bones  
Am                    C      G 
Let the crows pick my bones  
D 
Solo 1 
(mandolin break - 4 bars with no chords) 
Solo 2 
D G 
C G 
C G 
Verse 
D                                          G 
Every story is judged by the color of the tongue  
D                                     G 
This ones as dark as my grandmother’s lungs 
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty  
C                            G 
Black skies for the high and mighty 
Bridge 
Am                    C 
Let the crows pick my bones  
Am                    Em 
Let the crows pick my bones  
Am                    C      G 
Let the crows pick my bones  
D 
G