Passerine Ukulele chords by The Oh Hellos

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: D G B E (D G B E)

Am     C      Em     G

D|--0--|  D|--0--|  D|--0--|  D|--3--|
G|--1--|  G|--1--|  G|--0--|  G|--3--|
B|--2--|  B|--0--|  B|--0--|  B|--0--|
E|--2--|  E|--2--|  E|--2--|  E|--0--|


🎸 Intro:
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------1---0---1---1---0(h)1---1---3---3-|
B|--0(h)2---2---0---2---2---2---0(h)2--2---0--0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
E|--0(h)2---2---0---2---2---2---0(h)2--2---0--0---0(h)2---2---0---2---2---0(h)2---2---0---0-|

Repeat two times, then:

🎸 Verse 1:
Am                Em
Like carillon bells, the house of Augustus rings
C                 G        Am
With the echoing hymn of my fellow passerine, they took to it
                    Em
Like a fox to a burrow, like an eagle to an aerie
C                     G
And my god, it's getting hard to even hum a single thing

🎸 Chorus:

Cause you were the song that I'd always sing
D|-----------------------------------  --------|
G|---------2----------2----------2---  ----3---|
B|------0-----0----0-----0----0----0-  --0---0-|
E|---2----------2----------2---------  4-------|

You were the light that the fire would bring
D|---------------------------------------------|
G|------3---------0----------0------------3----|
B|---0-----0----0----0----0-----0------0----0--|
E|4----------2---------2------------0----------|


But I can't shake this feeling that I was only
D|-----------------------------------  --------|
G|---------2----------2----------2---  ----3---|
B|------0-----0----0-----0----0----0-  --0---0-|
E|---2----------2----------2---------  4-------|

Pushing the spear into your side again
D|---------------------------------------------|
G|------3---------0----------0------------3----|
B|---0-----0----0----0----0-----0------0----0--|
E|4----------2---------2------------0----------|

🎸 Bridge:

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------7-----------7------------7-------7---------|
B|8--8--8--8---8--10--10---8--10--10----8--10-----10--8--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------7-----------7------------7---------------|
B|8--8--8--8---8--10--10---8--10--10----8--10--8-------|
E|------------------------------------------------9--7-|

🎸 Verse 2:
Am                       E
See, my birds of a kind, they more and more are looking like
C             G
Centurions than any little messiah
Am                   Em
And as I prune my feathers like leaves from a vine
C                  G
I find that we have fewer and fewer in kind, but


🎸 Verse 3:
Am                 Em
My palms and fingers still reek of gasoline
C                      G
From throwing fuel to the fire of that Greco-Roman dream
Am                 Em
Purifying the holy rock to melt the gilded seams
C                        G
It don't bring me relief, no it don't bring me nothing that


🎸 Chorus:

Cause you were the song that I'd always sing
D|-----------------------------------  --------|
G|---------2----------2----------2---  ----3---|
B|------0-----0----0-----0----0----0-  --0---0-|
E|---2----------2----------2---------  4-------|

You were the light that the fire would bring
D|---------------------------------------------|
G|------3---------0----------0------------3----|
B|---0-----0----0----0----0-----0------0----0--|
E|4----------2---------2------------0----------|


But I can't shake this feeling that I was only
D|-----------------------------------  --------|
G|---------2----------2----------2---  ----3---|
B|------0-----0----0-----0----0----0-  --0---0-|
E|---2----------2----------2---------  4-------|

Pushing the spear into your side
D|--------------------------------------|
G|------3---------0----------0----------|
B|---0-----0----0----0----0-------------|
E|4----------2---------2--------0-------|

Silence: Again and again and again...

🎸 Bridge:

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------7-----------7------------7-------7---------|
B|8--8--8--8---8--10--10---8--10--10----8--10-----10--8--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------7-----------7------------7---------------|
B|8--8--8--8---8--10--10---8--10--10----8--10--8-------|
E|------------------------------------------------9--7-|


Am
When he comes a-knocking at my door
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Am
When the cold wind rolls in from the north
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Am
When he comes a-knocking at my door
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Am
When the cold wind rolls in from the north
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Am
When he comes a-knocking at my door
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord
Am
When the cold wind rolls in from the north
C
What am I to do, what am I to do, oh lord