..birds without wings..
by david gray

.chords.
     Eadgbe
C9*: x32003
C9 : x32030
C  : x32010
G  : 320003 (see note below)
Em : 022000
Em*: 022003
D  : x00323 (see note below)
D2 : x54030
A2 : x02223
(end of song...) 
G* : 320030
A^:  57x657
C^:  x35405 

notes:
-please excuse the chord names.  i knoww they're ... bunk.

-after "hoist a new flag..." the C/D2 iindicates sliding the
 C chord up to the D2 chord quickly before strumming the G.

-often during the verses, after using tthe G, he does a quick
 300003 strum, emphasising the open A string.  instead of
 making a mess, i thot i'd mention that here as sort of a
 'given' for those of you who are sticklers for accuracy.

-again, mentioned for the sticklers: thhe two times you
 use the D chord, (after "in a changing time..." and "when
 the cat comes...") it's strummed a couple times and then
 the hi-e string is left open (x00230) for a couple more
 strums.



.the song.

intro: C9* - G x2

C9*                          G
wishing that something would happen
  C9*                  G
a change in this place
           C9*                             G
'cause i'm tearing off the fancy wrapping
        C9*            G
find an empty package
C9*                   G
take for a while your trumpet from your lip,
C9*               G
loosen your hold, loosen your grip
        C9*                G
on your old ways that have fallen out of step
     Em              D
in a changing time

C9          G
hoist a new flag
C9          G
hoist a new flag
C9*  G 
C   C/D2  G

C              G 
angry sun burn down
C              G
judging us all
C                    G
guilty of neglect and disrespect and
C               G
thinking small
    C        G
and death by boredom
    C        G
and death by greed
      C          G
if we can't stop taking
C                G
more than we need
      C                             G
well across the fractured landscape
  C                    G
i see the same things
C            G
tired ideas
C                    G
birds without wings

A2   C           G
bi - rds without wings
A2   C           G
bi - rds without wings

    C                    G
and these are just thots
   C                  G
on lack-lustre times
    C                G
and i've no interest
     C                   G
in excuses you can find
                             G
like, you've had a hard day,
           C                   G
now you're too tired to care.
           C                  G
now you're too tired to care.
           C              G
oh, you've had a hard day
       C                   G
well, across the fractured landscape
  C                   G
i see the same things
C            G
tired ideas, broken values
C                              G
many with the notion that to share is to lose
  C             G
a hollow people bound by a lack
   C                G
of imagination, and too much looking back
C
without the courage
          G           Em*
to give a new thing a chance
C        D2      G   Em
grounded by this ignorance
         D
when the cat comes
C9
we're just,

A2   C           G     G*
bi - rds without wings
A2   C           G
bi - rds without wings
A2    C               G
bir - ds without wings ... birds

A^ - C^ - G 
 
A2 - C - G (one strong strum)


gentler/james
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