Bird Of Sorrow chords by Glen Hansard

Chords with lyrics

"Bird of Sorrow"
by Glen Hansard
from his album Rhythm & Repose


CAPO 4TH

Not sure if this is the exact way Mr. Hansard plays it (though I've seen him do it live
and he does capo it on the 4th fret and there are definitely some variations of all the
chords used here) but it's pretty darn close.
Sorry the spacing of the chords to match where they fall with the lyrics isn't accurate,
you'll have to listen along with the song to figure that out (if you don't already know
it well enough to just do it). The way the tab editor is makes it all weird when you
space stuff out.

Chords used:

C majorC
e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
BB|--1--|-----|-----|-----|
G+G|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D MajorD|-----|--2--|-----|-----|
A augmentedA|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
E MajorE|-----|-----|-----|-----|

G+G
e|-----|-----|--4--|-----|
BB|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
G+G|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D MajorD|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A augmentedA|-----|--1--|-----|-----|
E MajorE|-----|-----|--2--|-----|

A minorAm
e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
BB|--1--|-----|-----|-----|
G+G|-----|--3--|-----|-----|
D MajorD|-----|--2--|-----|-----|
A augmentedA|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E MajorE|-----|-----|-----|-----|

FF
e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
BB|--1--|-----|-----|-----|
G+G|-----|--2--|-----|-----|
D MajorD|-----|-----|--4--|-----|
A augmentedA|-----|-----|--3--|-----|
E MajorE|-1/T-|-----|-----|-----|
(1/T means that string being played can be accomplished by barring the entire 1st fret
with your 1st finger or by wrapping your thumb around the neck to hold that low E MajorE string)

(Intro)
C majorC G+G C majorC
C G+G C majorC

(Verse 1)
C majorC G+G C majorC
Even if a day feels too long
C majorC G+G C majorC
You feel like you can't wait another one
C majorC G+G FF
And you're slowly giving up on everything
G+G A minorAm
Love is gonna find you again
G+G A minorAm
Love is gonna find you, you better be ready then

C majorC G+G C majorC
C G+G C majorC

C majorC G+G C majorC
Well you been kneeling in the dark for far too long
C majorC G+G C majorC
You've been waiting for that spark but it hasn't come
C majorC G+G FF
I'm calling to you please get off the floor
G+G A minorAm
A augmentedA good heart will find you again
G+G A minorAm
A augmentedA good heart will find you, just be ready then

(Chorus)
FF
  Tethered to a bird of sorrow
FF
  A augmentedA voice that's buried in the hollow
C majorC
  You've given over to self-deceiving
G+G
  You're prostrate bound but not believing
A minorAm
  You've squandered more than you could borrow
FF G+G
  You bet your joys on all tomorrow
C majorC
  And for the hope of some returning
G+G A minorAm
  While everything around you is burning

(Verse 2)
C majorC G+G C majorC
Come on we gotta get out, get out of this mess we've made
C majorC G+G C majorC
And still for all our talk we're both so afraid
C majorC G+G FF
But will we leave this up to chance like we do everything
G+G A minorAm
Love is gonna find us again
G+G A minorAm
Love is gonna find us, you gotta be ready then

(Chorus)
FF
  Tethered to a bird of sorrow
FF
  A augmentedA voice that's buried in the hollow
C majorC
  You've given over to self-deceiving
G+G
  You're prostrate bound but not believing
A minorAm
  You've squandered more than you could borrow
FF G+G
  You bet your joys on all tomorrow
C majorC
  And for the hope of some returning
G+G A minorAm FF
  While everything around you is burni...........ing

C majorC
But I'm not leaving yet
G+G
I'm not leaving yet
A minorAm FF
I'm not leaving yet
C majorC G+G
I'm not leaving yet
A minorAm FF
Yeah I'm not leaving
C majorC G+G
I'm not leaving yet
A minorAm FF
Yeah I'm hanging on
C majorC
I'm hanging on
G+G
Oh
A minorAm FF
What's gonna come
C majorC
Oh I'm hangin on
G+G
Hangin on
A minorAm
Hangin on
FF
Hangin on
C majorC
Hangin on
G+G
Hangin on
A minorAm FF
Hangin on
C majorC G+G
And the fateful
A minorAm FF
With the faithful
C majorC G+G
I'm hanging on
A minorAm FF
What's gonna come
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF
Oh, what's gonna come
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF
Hanging on hanging on with the faithful the faithful

C majorC G+G A minorAm FF