Morning Birds chords by Rudd Xavier

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B

Intro:

B  F#m  E  B


Verse 1:
B                   F#m
46 years old and I'm feeling all alone
              E                            B
though I'm surrounded by good people all the time
B                                F#m
I run like I'm on fire, though my knees are getting tired
       E                          B
and my body keeps reminding me to slow
B                               F#m
I preach what's on my mind, in my heart, in my dream time
             E                        B
but don't be fooled, not pretending I know
B                            F#m
Life keeps rolling by and all we can do is try
             E                          B
and send out love, even when it hits a stone

Chorus:
E                 B          F#m                   G#m
Close my eyes and see, your face is staring back at me
          E              B                   G#m              F#m
and your smiles make me vulnerable, make me feel weak at the knees
E            B       F#m                 G#m
And if I was a tree, you'd be the gentle breeze
         E             B
and we'd sway with the morning birds
          G#m              F#m
watch the sun rise in the east
         B      F#m B  E   B
completely free


Verse 2:
B                     E
Phoenix, Arizona, the pavement is on fire
      F#m                      B
and a man just died before my eyes
B                        E
The meth has taken hold of so many poor young souls
             F#m                              B
and they're buzzing around these streets like flies
B                        E
And each city that we roll seems to be the way things go
                F#m                      B
kind of like a spectacle for traveling eyes
B                          E
Old woman in a tent, spreading jam on a piece of bread
        F#m                            B
living amongst it, just somehow left behind


Chorus:
E                 B          F#m                   G#m
Close my eyes and see, your face is staring back at me
          E              B                   G#m              F#m
and your smiles make me vulnerable, make me feel weak at the knees
E            B       F#m                 G#m
And if I was a tree, you'd be the gentle breeze
         E             B
and we'd sway with the morning birds
          G#m              F#m
watch the sun rise in the east
         B      F#m B  E   B
completely free


Interlude:
B  F#m  E  B


Verse 3:
B                           E
Inside I'm still a boy, still fumbling the ball
       F#                              B
still reaching for the safest place I know
B                        E
Overwhelmed by all the pain I see in the world today
       F#m                       B
making sense of nonsense every day
B                                 E
When I hold those little hands, makes me feel like I'm a man
          F#m                             B
makes me vulnerable and fragile all the same
B                                 E
Departure from my grief, that little place where I feel free
           F#m                   B
my little island, oasis in the sea


Chorus:
E                 B          F#m                   G#m
Close my eyes and see, your face is staring back at me
          E              B                   G#m              F#m
and your smiles make me vulnerable, make me feel weak at the knees
E            B       F#m                 G#m
And if I was a tree, you'd be the gentle breeze
         E             B
and we'd sway with the morning birds
          G#m              F#m
watch the sun rise in the east
         B      F#m B  E   B
completely free


Outro:
B  F#m  E  B