Birdsong chords by George Ogilvie

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Novice

I use a different D shape. And the Cs and Ds are carried twice as long as all
the single chords shown.

6/8 Timing
Key Bb
Capo 3 (with G Shapes)
D shape 030455

Intro:
G Em G Em
C C G Em G Em N.C. N.C.

Verse:
                   G      Em
There’s an aching inside
                  G       Em
Won’t you help me escape
                  C       C
From the places I hide
                G       Em
The foreseeable fate
            G        Em
Show me the world
                 G           Em
And all the good I don’t see
                C       C
Just want to be heard
                G      Em
Can you do that for me
                G      Em
Can you do that for me

Pre-Chorus:
                      D
’Cause I’ve travelled through
D                      C
Hell and high water to find
  C                    G       Em       G    Em
A place that I thought to be, lo-oo-ong gone
                D         D
This feeling of ho-oo-ope
                       C    C
Is something I want to hold

Chorus:
                   G         Em
So I’ll follow the birdsong
                   G          Em
’Til I find my way back home
                C
I’ll follow the birdsong
C                        G
Oh and I can hear them now
  Em       G         Em       G    Em
Ah oooo-oo-oooo,   ah oooo-oo-oooo

G Em

           G      Em
Moving so steady
                     G            Em
Just like the waves on the shore
                  C      C
Slowly across the sand
                   G       Em
Each time more than before

                   G    Em            G          Em
And above there are birds singing high over head
                       D         D
The way that they see the world
               C        C
When all I see instead
                               G     Em
Is the darkness that covers my eyes
                     G          Em
One day I’ll take to the skies

Pre-Chorus:
                      D
’Cause I’ve travelled through
D                      C
Hell and high water to find
  C                    G       Em       G    Em
A place that I thought to be, lo-oo-ong gone
                D         D
This feeling of ho-oo-ope
                       C    C
Is something I want to hold

Chorus:
                   G         Em
So I’ll follow the birdsong
                   G          Em
’Til I find my way back home
                C
I’ll follow the birdsong
C                        G
Oh and I can hear them now

Outro:
  Em       G         Em       G
Ah oooo-oo-oooo,   ah oooo-oo-oooo
  Em       G         Em       G N.C.
Ah oooo-oo-oooo,   ah oooo-oo-oooo