[Chords] C:     x32010 D9:    x54030 Em9/B: x24030 Em:    022000 [Verse 1] Lovers accustomed to tragedy See every kiss in the window across the street Breezes and blessings passing by ah ooh-oh.   I’m in the shade of the dogwood tree Not the one where you told your name to me Two hungry blackbirds land nearby oh     [Chorus] If I could be over you when the sky starts fallin’ Would you be happy under me?       If I could be under you if the Earth was burnin’ Could you be trusted over me?      [Verse 2] Spoke to a mother whose baby drowned Gave me advice or a rumor she once heard "Heaven’s a distance not a place" oh Gave her an ear from the corn we grew You were away but she gave her thanks to you That was a year ago come May    oh [Chorus] If I could be over you when the sky starts fallin’ Would you be smothered under me?     If I could be under you if the Earth was burnin’ Would you be cryin’ over me?     [Verse 3] I could hear kids in the yard next door Cats in the brush when the calendar fell down Wait by the shade-tree one more year   oh Poetry tempered with tragedy Tempted and pulled when you cry upon my sleeve Two flocks of blackbirds meet the air    oh [Chorus] If I could be over you when the sky starts fallin’ Would you be happy under me?       If I could be under you if the Earth was burnin’ Could you be trusted over me?