Language Of Birds chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
DmDm G+G DmDm G+G DmDm G+G D5D5


D5D5
They say there's an underground river,

That none of us can see,

And it flows through winding tunnels,

FF        G+G      D5D5
On its way to a tide-less sea.

D5D5
And across that sea is an island,

A augmentedA paradise we are told,

Where the toils of life are forgotten,

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And they call it the Island of Souls.


Bb majorBb     C majorC    D MajorD
For only a soul can go there,

Bb majorBb         C majorC  D MajorD
A augmentedA soul that's been set free,

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From the confines of a working life,

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To find eternity.


D5D5
Your old man had a cage for his pigeons,

But that's really where he kept his soul,

And when he watched them fly he would see himself,

Least that's how it was told.


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But his soul was still trapped in the cage son,

      Bb majorBb      C majorC      A minorAm
While the birds they soared to the sky,

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But he couldn't find his own way out,

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Least not 'til the day he died.

D5D5
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,

His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,

This solitary madness is where he is driven,

    FF      G+G       D MajorD    A minorAm
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


    FF       G+G       D5D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.


D5D5
I know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words,

He'd be easier speaking the language of birds,

For to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done,

    FF      G+G       D MajorD    A minorAm
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


    FF       G+G       D5D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.


D5D5
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,

His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,

This solitary madness is where he is driven,

    FF      G+G       D MajorD    A minorAm
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


    FF       G+G       D5D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.

D5D5