Owl In The Parlour by Cathal Coughlan

From the Cathal Coughlan’s 2021 Song of Co-Aklan album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.

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INTRO

[Am] [B7] [Am] [Ab] [Am] [Em] [Am7] [D]

VERSE 1

[Am] Fire up [Em] Tor for [Am] Ethiopia [Ab]
[Am] Guy at [Em] work once [D] showed me how [D/E]

[Em] Patriarch E [Eb] phrem, Great Britain [Am] here

VERSE 2

[Am] Falco [Em] ner po [Am] sition open [E7]
[Am] Fifteen [Em] miles from [Am] Gloucester, sir [D]

[Em] Food, lodging [Eb] and a front row [Am] seat to see
[Em] A great nation, [Dm7] once again re [Am/F#] plete

CHORUS 1

[B] Time [Bm7] will e [Bm6] rase us [G/B] if we [C#7] yield [G] [F#7]
[B] Owl [Bm7] in the [Bm6] parlour, [G/B] orders [A] sealed [D6] [F#m6] [Em]

[Am]

VERSE 3

[Am] Camou [Em] flage as [Am] formal daywear [E7]
[Am] Catastro- [Em] mufti [Am] in town square [D]

[Em] Crop-duster, [Eb] wide-brim hat, ink- [Am] black goatee
[Em] Hazmat toe [Dm7] caps fold out as [Am/F#] skis – and a kevlar marquee

CHORUS 2

[B] Time [Bm7] will e [Bm6] rase us, [G/B] scene by [C#7] scene [G] [F#7]
[B] Gone [Bm7] like the [Bm6] fragments [G/B] of a [A] dream [D6] [F#m6] [Em]

BRIDGE

[Aaug] On the hunt for Hitler’s Bitcoin
[Aaug] With my pal in Tennessee
[Aaug] He waves those flags not made in China
[Aaug] Explains the dollar bill to me

CHORUS 3

[B] Time [Bm7] will e [Bm6] rase us, [G/B] that’s the [C#7] truth [G] [F#7]
[B] Loves, [Bm7] lies, lo [Bm6] cations, [G/B] wisdom, [C#7] youth [G] [F#7]

CHORUS 4/OUTRO

[B] Time [Bm7] will e [Bm6] rase you, [G/B] seems to [C#7] hurt [G] [F#7]
[B] No one [Bm7] need re [Bm6] place you [G/B] or your [F#m] curse [Eb] [C#7] [Ddim]