Dirty Little Bird chords by The Waifs

Verse:
Am             G
Night so still, silent the Whippoorwill
  Em            F       G
And down by the river a sweet moaning can be heard
     Am          G
A moon so thin, milk on their skin
Em              F      Am
Whispering betrayal, Love's a dirty little bird


Chorus:
    C/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little wings
   F
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
       Dm             G
Down by the river, sweet moaning can be heard
       F       Em      Am
It's telling me my love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
       Am          G
It was long ago I was young and fine
     Em                F          G
When he took me by the hand and promised that his heart'd be mine
         Am           G
We prayed for a son, I could bear him none
Em             F      Am
Barren and bitter love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
     C/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little claws
    F
That prance and creep and pleasure seek behind the bedroom doors
     Dm               G
And he gives out all the tenderness I yearn
 F        Em      Am
For, My love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
 C/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little eyes
   F
That bare my soul -it's a heavy toll

And tell me I should wise up and
 Dm              G
Heed all the lessons I could learn
F       Em      Am
 My love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
      Am         G
A womans heart can be broken some
     Em              F      G
And her mind and her spirit they will see her overcome
           Am        G
But break a womans pride and woe to you
       Em
You'd better go and grab your gun man
       F         Am
There's no telling what she'll do

Chorus:
C/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little beaks
   F
That peck and pry the wretched lies
For revenge that they seek
      Dm              G
And she's walking down the path of no return
 F     Em      Am
Woe to that Dirty Little bird

Interlude:
  C/G
You take my heart and you take my time
   F
You leave my soul without grace or pride
    Dm            G
You take what's yours and you break what's mine
   Em  F    Am
You take and you take

Chorus:
 C/G
Dirty little bird got dirty little wings
   F
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
       Dm             G
Down by the river sweet moaning can be heard
       F
It's telling me
       Em     Am
My love's a dirty little bird