Magpie[Am] - The Unthanks [intro][Am} x 4 |Chorus | |[Am]One's for sorrow |[Dm]Two's for joy |[Am]Three's for a girl and |[F]Four’s for a boy |[Am]Five for silver |[G] Six for Gold |[Am] Seven's for a secret, |[Am]Never told |[Dm]Devil devil [Am] i defy thee |[Dm]Devil devil [Am]i defy thee |[Dm]Devil devil [Am] i defy thee [Am]Oh the magpie brings us [Dm] tidings [Am]Of news both fair and[Dm] fowl [Am]She's more cunning than the [Dm] raven [Am]More wise than any [Dm]owl [Am]For she brings us news of the [Dm]harvest [Am]Of the barley we turned [Dm]corn [Am]And she knows when we'll go [Dm]to our graves [Am]And how we shall be [Dm]born Chorus [Am]She brings us joy when from the [Dm]right [Am]Grief when from the [Dm]left [Am]Of all the news that's [Dm]in the air [Am]We know to trust her [Dm][best [Am]For she sees us at our [Dm]labour [Am]And she mocks us at our [Dm]work [Am]And she steals the eggs from [Dm]out of the nest [Am]And she can mob [Dm] the hawk Chorus [Am]The priest he says we're [Dm]wicked [Am]But to worship the devil’s [Dm]bird [Am]Ah but we respect the [Dm]old ways [Am]And we disregard his [Dm] word [Am]For we know they rest [Dm]uneasy [Am]As we slumber in the [Dm]night [Am]And we'll always leave out a little bit of [Dm]meat [Am]For the bird that's black and [Dm]white Chorus [Am] x4 end