Souverian tab by Andrew Bird

Tabs

Andrew Bird Souverian Tab

(The first chord is a C majorC major strummed down)

(Whistling bit)
e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G----5---0--4---2-0---------------5---0-4^5^4--2--0-------|
D-------------------3-2-0---------------------------3-2-0-|
A--------------------------3------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

   (Piano Intro)
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G---------0--0^2-----------------------------------------|
D-------2---------2-0---0--2-3---------------------------|
A--3--3---------------3---------3-2-0-2-3----------------|
E-----------------------------------------3--------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G------0--0^2-----------------0--------------------------|
D----2--------2-0---0-2-3---3---3-2---------2-3-2-0------|
A--3--------------3--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D---3-2-0--------0---------------------------------------|
A---------3-2--2---3-2-3---------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|


(Fingerpick this part how you see fit)
Pick C majorC lightly  G+G               C majorC
Though bells will ring church steeples catchin' fire
          G+G              C majorC
And if you promise spring then I know you are a liar

(Strum this part)
       A minorAm                C majorC
'Cause in the spring tender grasses won't burn easily
        A minorAm            E minorEm
Though thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me
   FF          C majorC
Wild parsnips, they still scald my lungs
   G+G           C majorC
While thistles will burn my feet
      FF    C majorC        G+G     C majorC
And if you join our chorus you will never fear anymore
    FF     C majorC       G+G        C majorC
So here comes the chorus, we will meet on a fatal shore

FF             C majorC    G+G
Souverian, souverian, the elder Oh-oh
FF            C majorC    G+G
Souverian, souverian the free Oh-oh
FF            C majorC      G+G
Souverian, souverian we felt her Oh-oh
FF                 C majorC
So very young, so very young were we

(Play the whistling melody again here)

      A minorAm            C majorC
Birds will sing still my lover won't return to me
      A minorAm             E minorEm
You promise spring still my lover won't return to me
   FF    C majorC         G+G
Wild parsnips scald my lungs and thistles are burning my
C majorC
feet
      FF     C majorC       G+G     C majorC
So here it comes the chorus, you'll never fear anymore
    FF    C majorC       G+G     C majorC
If you join our chorus we will meet on a fatal shore

FF C majorC x4

(The piano plays this occasionally)
e---3-1-0------------------------------------------------|
B---------3--1-0-1---------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

FF
Under the elders the older get younger
  C majorC
The younger get over, over their elders
  FF 			            C majorC (piano)
And under the elders pretend that you're older now
FF
Under the elders the older get younger
  C majorC
The younger get over, over the elders
FF				    C majorC
Under the elders bending your branches down

			  A minorAm        C majorC
We who are so very young still my lover won't return to me
       A minorAm            E minorEm
The thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me
FF			 C majorC          G+G
Wild parsnips they still scald my lungs while thistles
	   C majorC
still burn my feet