The Birds Chords
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| Difficulty: | beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author egg-marteeni [pro] 1,020. 1 contributor total, last edit on Feb 7, 2018
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[Intro]
D D D D F C C C C C
[Verse]
D
The birds
Em D C D F C
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret
Dm C Bb C D
As they saw us where we lay
Em D C D F C
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time
Dm C Bb C D
In a reck - less guil - ty haze
Em D C D F C
And they wove a sweet in - diff - erence
Dm C Bb C D
And it set - tled on our skin
Em D C D F C
Till the eyes that I re - mem - bered
Dm C Bb C D
For the last time drew me in
[Break]
D
[Verse]
D
The birds
Em D C D F C
Though I wore your gla - cial pa - tience
Dm C Bb C D
To a smudge of bi - tter dust
Em D C D F C
On the last day you em - braced me
Dm C Bb C D
With a gliste - ning sap - ling trust
Em D C D F C
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings
Dm C Bb C D
As they watched us slow - ly part
Em D C D F C
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses
Dm C Bb C D
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts
[Instrumental]
D
D D D D F C C C C C
D D D D F C C C C C
[Bridge]
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
[Instrumental]
D D D D Em D C D F F C C C C C C Dm C Bb C
D D D D Em D C D F F C C C C C C Dm C Bb C
[Verse]
D
Ohhhhhh, the birds
Em D C D F C
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret
Dm C Bb C D
As they saw us where we lay
Em D C D F C
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time
Dm C Bb C D
In a reck - less guil - ty haze
Em D C D F C
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings
Dm C Bb C D
As they watched us slow - ly part
Em D C D F C
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses
Dm C Bb C D
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts
D D D D Em D C D C F C Dm C
What are we gonna do with you...
Bb C D
Looking back is for the birds
D D D D Em D C D C F C
What are we gonna do with you...
Dm C Bb C
[Outro]
D C D Am D
Oohooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
D C D Am D
Oohooh-ooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
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The Birds – Elbow
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Not only a great song, but an interesting one too. It goes back and forth between D mixolydian and D aeolian, so it alternates the F#/F, and B/Bb while everything else remains the same. Great keyboard solo in the middle too. Nice work mapping out these bass notes/chords egg-marteeni.
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