Wandering Bird chords by Noah Gundersen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Noah Gundersen - Wandering Bird (Fearful Bones, 2010)
Chords Based on the Gundersen Family live @ Cathedrals version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0HXXbQ7vEU).
Album Version uses Capo 2nd Fret.

Verse 1:
E minorEm    E minorEm     G+G
I am the king of the sparrows
    C majorC
Of the sparrows
    G+G   D MajorD
With a broken wing


Verse 2:
    E minorEm    E minorEm     G+G
Oh, and I fell in love with a strong wind
    C majorC
With a strong wind
    G+G     D MajorD
And it carried me away

Pre-Chorus:
C majorC           G+G
Oh, oh, oh haven't you heard
      D MajorD
All of your songs
       C majorC
They're only songs


Verse 3:
E minorEm    E minorEm     G+G
I am the song of the blackbird
    C majorC
Of the blackbird
     G+G    D MajorD
With the loudest voice


Verse 4:
E minorEm     E minorEm     G+G
I wake the sun in the morning
    C majorC
In the morning
    G+G    D MajorD
But the darkness comes


Pre-Chorus:
C majorC        G+G
Oh, haven't you heard
      D MajorD
All of your songs
       C majorC
They're only songs

Chorus:
C majorC G+G D MajorD     A minorAm
Oh my wandering bird
C majorC G+G D MajorD     A minorAm
Oh my wandering bird
C majorC G+G D MajorD     A minorAm
Oh my wandering bird


Bridge:
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD      G+G
You climb up a mountain to swallow the ocean
    C majorC      G+G    D MajorD      E minorEm
And you drink to the bottom, oh still you thirst
      C majorC      G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
And you're quoting the Bible as you pray to the Devil
   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD *
While most of the world is asleep


Pre-Chorus:
C majorC      G+G
Haven't you heard
      D MajorD
All of your songs
       C majorC
They're only songs

And you're just


Chorus:
C majorC G+G D MajorD     A minorAm
Oh my wandering bird
C majorC G+G D MajorD     A minorAm
Oh my wandering bird

(repeat until fade)


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* = Not entirely sure about this chord. Could possibly be either: