Broken Wings chords by Mary Black

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C      F   C   F   C

Verse:
       G/B  Am        G        F
A tall tree, turn and face the west
          C                  G   C
Oh, we're running with the wind
       G/B      Am              G        F
A high cliff-top, we're waiting with the rest
         C            G    C
For this journey to begin

Chorus:
          G/B    F           G7   C
But these broken wings won't fly
      G/B    F           G7   C
These broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G      C      F   C
But these broken wings won't fly at all

Verse:
         G/B    Am                G        F
And, oh, how we laugh, but maybe we should crawl
          C     G      C
And ask to be excused
           G/B  Am            G     F
We shout loudly, have answers to it all
C                      G      C
Oh, but we have been refused

Chorus:
          G/B    F           G7   C
But these broken wings won't fly
      G/B    F           G7   C
These broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G      C      F   C   F   C
But these broken wings won't fly at all

Verse:
     G/B   Am              G        F
Girl child, you're dancing with the stream
        C                  G   C
Growing with the silver trees
           G/B       Am          G       F
Your young questions, you ask me what it means
        C           G     C
Oh, but I am not at ease

Chorus:
          G/B    F           G7   C
But these broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G7   C
And these broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G      C
But these broken wings won't fly at all

Instrumental:
C  G/B  Am  G  F   C  G  C  x2

Chorus:
      G/B    F           G7   C
These broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G7   C
But these broken wings won't fly
          G/B    F           G      C
But these broken wings won't fly at all