Songbird Son chords by Grandaddy

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
E

Verse:
                  E
He was a songbird son
                    E
She was a Hitchcock blonde
                     Dmaj9
And they were on the run
                          C#7
She was on some toothache diet
                         E
He'd become so unexcited

Verse:
                E
On a canal bank night
                  Dmaj9
Under a glove box light
                        C#7
His summer song died quiet
                                    F#m
Songbird son you lost your right to sing


Chorus:
                    B7
Message better left unsent
              F#m
Don't say nothing
                    B7
Message better left unsent
              F#m
Don't say nothing


Instrumental:
E Amaj9 E
C#m Amaj9 E
C#m Amaj9 E


Verse:
                       E
And so they made their camp
                   E
On a runaway truck ramp
                       Dmaj9
Yeah, they were on the run

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


Verse:
                    E
And now the chapter crash
               Dmaj9
The CHP lights flash

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


Chorus:
                    B7
Message better left unsent
              F#m
Don't say nothing
                    B7
Message better left unsent
              F#m
Don't say nothing
                        B7
Some things better left unsaid
              F#m
Don't say nothing
                    B7
Message better left unsent
              E
Don't say nothing


Outro:
E Amaj9 E Amaj9
E Amaj9 E