Ladybird chords by Natalie Merchant

Chords with lyrics

This tab is for the album version that includes and extra verse and chorus.

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  CAPO 1
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==INTRO==
D MajorD  A augmentedA  B minorBm  D MajorD  E MajorE  E MajorE
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==VERSE==
E MajorE   B minorBm   D MajorD       A augmentedA
Hey, Ladybird, ain't it just the way,
A augmentedA      E MajorE          D MajorD      A augmentedA
the way that love grows cold and then fades away
E MajorE      B minorBm       D MajorD      A augmentedA
Now when he touches you, make no mistake,
A augmentedA       E MajorE         D MajorD     A augmentedA  E MajorE
the fire's long gone out and the ash has blown away.
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==CHORUS==
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm         D MajorD
You don't know how to leave, and you don't know where to fly.
D MajorD            A augmentedA      B minorBm         D MajorD   E MajorE
You don't know what you feel. but you know it's not satisfied today.
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==VERSE==
E MajorE    B minorBm    D MajorD     A augmentedA
So many little ones, so many mouths,
A augmentedA      E MajorE          D MajorD          A augmentedA
you've got a lot to feed and you know you don't know how.
E MajorE     B minorBm      D MajorD          A augmentedA
Making the best of it, somehow you're making do,
A augmentedA      E MajorE             D MajorD             A augmentedA      E MajorE
making the best of the days that you stay and you wait in this cage they made for you.
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==CHORUS==
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm         D MajorD
You don't know how to leave and you don't know where to fly.
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm         D MajorD
You've got a lot of things to lose, so you've got a lot of things to hide.
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm        D MajorD   E MajorE
You know you don't believe but you know you've got to try today.
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==VERSE==
E MajorE      B minorBm      D MajorD     A augmentedA
You know the sweetest wine, it's a witches' brew,
A augmentedA      E MajorE          D MajorD      A augmentedA
pours like honey down and then burns a hole in you.
E MajorE       B minorBm        D MajorD        A augmentedA
Yeah, you may think you're done but you're never through
A augmentedA         E MajorE      D MajorD          A augmentedA    E MajorE
spitting out the bitterness to get the little sweetness you do.
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==CHORUS==
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm         D MajorD
You don't know how to leave and you don't know where to fly.
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm         D MajorD
You've got a lot of things to lose, so you've got a lot of things to hide.
D MajorD           A augmentedA    B minorBm            D MajorD
You don't know what you feel but you know it's not satisfied.
D MajorD           A augmentedA       B minorBm        D MajorD   E MajorE
You know you don't believe but you know you've got to try today.
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==BRIDGE==
E MajorE        D MajorD
Feel the winter bitterness
   A augmentedA      E MajorE         B minorBm
it's heavy on the wind, coming back again.
G+G         D MajorD  B minorBm      E MajorE
Maybe it's time to fly, time to fly away!
G+G                  D MajorD  B minorBm          E MajorE
When you gonna spread your wings and fly When you gonna fly away
F#F#
When you gonna fly
F#F#
When you gonna fly away
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==OUTRO/INSTRUMENTAL==
G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm  B minorBm
C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA  A augmentedA