Shrike chords by Hozier

Chords with lyrics

INTRO:  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC

VERSE 1:
C majorC                 DmDm
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
              C majorC
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
C majorC                      DmDm
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
 DmDm            FF       C majorC
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now


CHORUS:
A minorAm    G+G
Bites on above
   C majorC      FF
But never would form
    A minorAm      G+G   C majorC      A minorAm
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
       G+G     C majorC   FF
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
     A minorAm       Gsus4Gsus4        C majorC DmDm
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

INSTRUMENTAL:
C majorC DmDm A minorAm G+G C majorC

VERSE 2:
C majorC                  DmDm
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
DmDm            FF        C majorC
All of that goodness is going with you now
C majorC                  DmDm
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
DmDm           FF       C majorC
All of my goodness is going with you now


CHORUS:
 A minorAm   G+G   C majorC       FF
Driving along, fall on your thorn
A minorAm       G+G       C majorC      A minorAm
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
A minorAm       G+G    C majorC    FF
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
      A minorAm      Gsus4Gsus4       C majorC
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

INSTRUMENTAL:
C majorC DmDm G+G C majorC
C DmDm A minorAm G+G C majorC

VERSE 3:
C majorC                  DmDm
I fled to the city with so much discounted
DmDm             FF      C majorC
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
C majorC                    DmDm
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
DmDm             FF      C majorC
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now

CHORUS:
     A minorAm       G+G
I was hatched by your warmth
C majorC     FF
Thus transformed
      A minorAm      G+G     C majorC    A minorAm
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
A minorAm       G+G    C majorC    FF
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
      A minorAm      Gsus4Gsus4       C majorC
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

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