City Bird chords by Jesca Hoop
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
🎸 Intro:
Am
🎸 Verse 1:
Am
City bird
Em
City bird
Fly away
Am
From my window
E7
From my window
Am
'Cause you don't sing
Em7 E7
Like the birds from home sing
Am
Your song is dying
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🎸 Verse 2:
E
I set the table for the ghosts in my home
Em
My home
E7
And pour the wine and raise a glass
Em Am
For the guests in my home
🎸 Verse 3:
Am Em
They enter in, in their skin and in their bones
Em7
Still in their bones
E7 Em7
The vision scares, but none compares
Am
To the dread of drinking alone
🎸 Chorus:
Fmaj7 Am
After the tower was turned to a tomb
F
The underworld refugees all
Am
Were refused by the banker
F
They can never go in
E
So I let them in
E7 Am
Ah-ha, city bird
🎸 Verse 4:
Em
City bird
Fly away
Am
From my window
From my window
E7 Am
'Cause you don't sing
Em E7
Like the birds from home sing
Am
Your song is dying
🎸 Instrumental:
F G (4 times)
F G E
🎸 Verse 5:
E Am Em7
I light the candle for the ghosts in my home
E7
My home
And say a prayer to please send care
Em Am
For the guests in my home
🎸 Verse 6:
E7
But in their sleep, they claw and scream "the Devil home"
E
"The devil's come home"
E7
But that nightmare does not compare
Am
To the demons in sleeping alone
🎸 Chorus:
Fmaj7 Am
After the tower was turned to a tomb
F
The underworld refugees all
Am
Were refused by the banker
F
They can never go in
E
So I let them in
E7 Am
Ah-ha, city bird
Em
City bird
Fly away
Am
From my window
Em
From my window
E Am
'Cause you don't sing
E7
Like the birds from home sing
Am
Your song is dying
🎸 Instrumental:
F G (4 times)
F G E Published:
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