White Birds chords by The Waterboys

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Capo II (Sounding D major)


Verse:
 C            Em
I would that we were, my beloved
   F
White birds on the foam of the sea
G             Am
Far from the rose and the lily
  F      G        C
And fret of the flames would we be

Chorus:
    C             Em
And the flame of the blue star of twilight
   F
Hung low on the rim of the sky
   G              Am
Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved
 F      G     C
A sadness that may never die
 F      G     C
A sadness that may never die

 C             Em
A weariness comes from those dreamers
  F
Dew-dabbled, the lily and rose
  G            Am
Ah, dream not of that, my beloved
  F      G      C
The flame of the meteor that goes


    C              Em
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
   F
Hung low in the fall of the dew
   G              Am
For I would we were changed, my beloved
  F         G      C
To white birds on the foam, I and you
  F         G      C
To white birds on the foam, I and you


Bridge:
Em
Bend low, that I may crown you
Em
Flower of the branch
Am
Silver fish my hands have taken
Am
From the running stream
F
Morning star, trembling in the heavens
                   G
Like a white fawn on the border of a wood
G
Bend that I may crown you
G
That I may crown you

Chorus:
    C             Em
And the flame of the blue star of twilight
   F
Hung low on the rim of the sky
   G              Am
Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved
 F      G     C
A sadness that may never die
 F      G     C
A sadness that may never die


   C             Em
Soon far from the rose and the lily
  F
And fret of the flames would we be
    G           Am
Were we only white birds, my beloved
   F      G      C
White birds on the foam of the sea
   F      G      C
White birds on the foam of the sea