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