Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
FF G minorGm Csus2Csus2 FF FF G minorGm
Songbirds in the morning, had my head lost in the tall trees
Bb majorBb FF
I knew well, well I would say
C majorC Bb majorBb
Dreaming my dry weeds
FF G minorGm Csus2Csus2 FF
Stray light finds its way to all of us
FF G minorGm Csus2Csus2
Say something green, it comes back
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Sign light on my lips, let ’em kiss, dark leaves
Bb majorBb Bb/A Gmadd4
Let the hands of the wrong prophets heal me all they should
Bb majorBb Bb/A Gmadd4
Let the wine of the poison Jesus says tastes good
C majorC Bb majorBb FF FF
And all those trees lay down if you were a bird and fell into my arms
Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb
If I wrote your song in stone
DmDm Bb majorBb
If I wore your wings back home
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Where the dreams in the backwater drown us far from home
Verse 2:
FF G minorGm Csus2Csus2 FF
Give this to the gray, it comes back gold
FF G minorGm Csus2Csus2 Bb majorBb
Birds of the morning, they may know
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Know more than us, giving their hymns for life
Bb majorBb Bb/A Gmadd4
Let the waves on the wrong water say what they will say
Bb majorBb Bb/A Gmadd4
While the wind and the broken branches blow me away
C majorC Bb majorBb FF FF
All tall tree lay down if you were the bird who fell into my arms
Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb
I could write your song in stone
DmDm Bb majorBb
I could wear your wings back home
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb FF