Language Of Birds chords by Sting

Intro:
Dm G Dm G Dm G D5



D5
They say there's an underground river,

That none of us can see,

And it flows through winding tunnels,

F                G           D5
On its way to a tide-less sea.

D5
And across that sea is an island,

A paradise we are told,

Where the toils of life are forgotten,

F                G           D5
And they call it the Island of Souls.


Bb          C        D
For only a soul can go there,

Bb                  C    D
A soul that's been set free,

Bb                      C       D
From the confines of a working life,

F       G      D
To find eternity.


D5
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.


         Bb        C                   D
But his soul was still trapped in the cage son,

           Bb           C           Am
While the birds they soared to the sky,

            F          G        D
But he couldn't find his own way out,

        F          G        D
Least not 'til the day he died.


D5
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,

        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.


D5
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,

        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.


D5
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,

        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.


        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.

D5