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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: G
Difficulty: Novice
Chorus:
G G7 C
We live in a world we can't understand
G D C D
Poor blind birds, if we're anything
G G7 C
And the world is not what it seems
G D G
To poor blind birds
Verse 1:
G G7 C
We were laughed out of eden (so they say)
G D C D
In the wake of our first mistake
G G7 C
And no one knew where the road was leading
G D C D
We spent our days running from maze to maze
Chorus:
G G7 C
We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D C D
Poor blind birds, if we're anything
G G7 C
And the world is not what it seems, ooh-ooh,ooh
G D G
To poor blind birds
Verse 2:
G G7 C
Since you been dead these seven years
G D C D
I've seen you twice in a glass of red brandy and ice
G G7 C
As the sky filled with gold and spears
G D C D
And hung a wreath in the house of grief
Chorus:
G G7 C
We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D C D
Poor blind birds, if we're anything
G G7 C
And the end is not the end, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D G
For poor blind birds
Verse 3:
G G7 C
So I'm leaving on the bus tonight
G D C D
Through the snow of shanando-ah
G G7 C
In this long dream of life
G D C D
It's a lonely road that leads us home
Chorus:
G G7 C
We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D C D
Poor blind birds, if we're anything
G G7 C
And the world is not what it seems, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D G
To poor blind birds
G G7 C
We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D C D
Poor blind birds, if we're anything
G G7 C
And the end is not the end, ooh-ooh-ooh
G D G
For poor blind birds
Outro:
G G7 C
G D C D
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025