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Dirty Little Bird chords by The Waifs

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
Chord diagramA minorAm                         Chord diagramG+G
Night so still, silent the Whippoorwill
    Chord diagramE minorEm                        Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
And down by the river a sweet moaning can be heard
          Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA moon so thin, milk on their skin
Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramA minorAm
Whispering betrayal, Love's a dirty little bird


Chorus:
        Chord diagramC/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little wings
     Chord diagramFF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
             Chord diagramDmDm                         Chord diagramG+G
Down by the river, sweet moaning can be heard
             Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramA minorAm
It's telling me my love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
             Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramG+G
It was long ago I was young and fine
          Chord diagramE minorEm                               Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G
When he took me by the hand and promised that his heart'd be mine
                 Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
We prayed for a son, I could bear him none
Chord diagramE minorEm                          Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramA minorAm
Barren and bitter love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
         Chord diagramC/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little claws
       Chord diagramFF
That prance and creep and pleasure seek behind the bedroom doors
         Chord diagramDmDm                             Chord diagramG+G
And he gives out all the tenderness I yearn
  Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramA minorAm
For, My love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
 Chord diagramC/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little eyes
      Chord diagramFF
That bare my soul -it's a heavy toll

And tell me I should wise up and
 Chord diagramDmDm                            Chord diagramG+G
Heed all the lessons I could learn
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramA minorAm
 My love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
           Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA womans heart can be broken some
          Chord diagramE minorEm                           Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G
And her mind and her spirit they will see her overcome
                     Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramG+G
But break a womans pride and woe to you
             Chord diagramE minorEm
You'd better go and grab your gun man
             Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramA minorAm
There's no telling what she'll do

Chorus:
Chord diagramC/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little beaks
      Chord diagramFF
That peck and pry the wretched lies
For revenge that they seek
            Chord diagramDmDm                           Chord diagramG+G
And she's walking down the path of no return
  Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA minorAm
Woe to that Dirty Little bird

Interlude:
   Chord diagramC/GC/G
You take my heart and you take my time
     Chord diagramFF
You leave my soul without grace or pride
       Chord diagramDmDm                       Chord diagramG+G
You take what's yours and you break what's mine
     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramA minorAm
You take and you take

Chorus:
 Chord diagramC/GC/G
Dirty little bird got dirty little wings
      Chord diagramFF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
             Chord diagramDmDm                         Chord diagramG+G
Down by the river sweet moaning can be heard
             Chord diagramFF
It's telling me
              Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramA minorAm
My love's a dirty little bird

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