Song: Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Band: Suzanne Vega Album: Solitude Standing Tuning: Standard ------------------------------ VERSE CHORDS: Am 00221x Am7 00201x alt 00200x F 10321x Fadd9 10320x alt 10301x CHORUS CHORDS: Em 022000 F 10321x FANCY POULTRY CHORDS: A 00222x A7sus2 00200x F 10321x G9 10300x Cm7 02201x F6 10323x ------------------------------ INTRO: Am Am7 F Fadd9 VERSE 1: Am Am7 In the ironbound section near Avenue L F Fadd9 Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell Am Am7 The clouds so low the morning so slow F Fadd9 As the wires cut through the sky VERSE 2: Am Am7 The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground F Fadd9 Into little triangles and the rails run round Am Am7 Through the rust and the heat the light and sweet F Fadd9 Coffee color of her skin CHORUS 1: Em F Em Bound up in wire and fate F Em Watching her walk him up to the gate F In front of the ironbound school yard VERSE 3: Am Am7 Kids will grow like weeds on a fence F Fadd9 She says they look for the light they try to make sense Am Am7 They come up through the cracks, like grass on the tracks F Fadd9 She touches him goodbye CHORUS 2: Em F Em Steps off the curb and into the street F Em The blood and feathers near her feet F Into the ironbound market INTERLUDE: Am C G C VERSE 4: Am Am7 In the ironbound section near Avenue L F Fadd9 Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell Am Am7 The clouds so low the morning so slow F Fadd9 As the wires cut through the sky CHORUS 3: Em F Em She stops at the stall, fingers the ring F Em Opens her purse, feels a longing F Away from the ironbound border INTERLUDE: Am C G C (play 4x) FINALE (play 2x): A A7sus2 A A7sus2 Fancy poulty parts sold here F G9 F G9 Breasts and thighs and hearts Cm7 F F6 Backs are cheap and wings are nearly AND CONTINUE (play 4x): A A7sus2 A A7sus2 free, nearly F G9 F G9 free, nearly REPEAT AND FADE TO END: A A7sus2 A A7sus2 F G9 F G9 --crookedpath