Songbird Son chords by Grandaddy

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
E MajorE

Verse:
         E MajorE
He was a songbird son
          E MajorE
She was a Hitchcock blonde
           DMaj9Dmaj9
And they were on the run
             C#7C#7
She was on some toothache diet
             E MajorE
He'd become so unexcited

Verse:
        E MajorE
On a canal bank night
         DMaj9Dmaj9
Under a glove box light
            C#7C#7
His summer song died quiet
                  F# minorF#m
Songbird son you lost your right to sing


Chorus:
          B7B7
Message better left unsent
       F# minorF#m
Don't say nothing
          B7B7
Message better left unsent
       F# minorF#m
Don't say nothing


Instrumental:
E MajorE AMaj9Amaj9 E MajorE
C# minorC#m AMaj9Amaj9 E MajorE
C# minorC#m AMaj9Amaj9 E MajorE


Verse:
            E MajorE
And so they made their camp
          E MajorE
On a runaway truck ramp
            DMaj9Dmaj9
Yeah, they were on the run

The tent gets filled with sun
  C#7C#7                 E MajorE
And in her dreams the tanning bed turns on

Verse:
          E MajorE
And now the chapter crash
        DMaj9Dmaj9
The CHP lights flash

His summer song died quiet
C#7C#7                 F# minorF#m
Songbird son you lost your right to sing


Chorus:
          B7B7
Message better left unsent
       F# minorF#m
Don't say nothing
          B7B7
Message better left unsent
       F# minorF#m
Don't say nothing
            B7B7
Some things better left unsaid
       F# minorF#m
Don't say nothing
          B7B7
Message better left unsent
       E MajorE
Don't say nothing


Outro:
E MajorE AMaj9Amaj9 E MajorE AMaj9Amaj9
E MajorE AMaj9Amaj9 E MajorE