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Birds Without Wings by David Gray
Birds Without Wings
It's basically C and G with a slight variation on G (G*), and an A
thrown in toward the end.
(note: G* is just G played with your finger taken off the A string)
The Cords are C, G, G*, except for one part shown below, where an
A is thrown in when "birds without wings" is repeated
Wishing that something would happen
a change in this place
'cause I'm tearing off the fancy wrapping
find an empty package
Take for a while your trumpet from your lip
loosen your hold, loosen your grip
on your old ways that have fallen out of step
in a changing time
hoist a new flag
hoist a new flag
Angry sun burn down
judging us all
guilty of neglect and disrespect
and thinking small
And death by boredom
and death by greed
if we can't stop taking
more than we need
Across the fractured the landscape
I see the same things
tired ideas
birds without wings
[Change in chords: A, C, G]
Birds without wings
birds without wings
But these are just thoughts
on lackluster times
and I've no interest
in excuses you can find
Like you've had a hard day
now you're too tired to care
now you're too tired to care
you've had a hard day
Well across the fractured landscape
I see the same things
tired ideas, broken values
many with the notion
that to share is to lose
a hollow people bound by a lack
of imagination and too much looking back
without the courage
to give a new thing a chance
grounded by this ignorance
[Change in chords: D, Am]
When the cat comes
we're just
[A, C, G]
birds without wings
Birds without wings
birds without wings
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version 2
Cadd9 – x32030 D2 – xx0230
G – 320003 C – 332010
G/A – 300003 Dadd4 – 554030
Em – 022000 A – x02220
D – xx0232 A* – x02223
Cadd9 G G/A (x2)
Cadd9 G G/A
Wishing that something would happen
Cadd9 G G/A
A change in this place
Cadd9 G G/A
Cause Im tearing off the fancy wrapping
Cadd9 G G/A
Find an empty package
Cadd9 G G/A
Take for a while your trumpet from your lip
Cadd9 G G/A
Loosen your hold, loosen your grip
C G G/A
On your old ways that have fallen outta step
Em D D2
In a changing time
Cadd9 G G/A
Hoist a new flag
Cadd9 G G/A
Hoist a new flag
Cadd9 G C Dadd4 G
Cadd9 G G/A
Angry sun burned down
Cadd9 G G/A
Judging us all
Cadd9 G G/A
Guilty of neglect and disrespect
Cadd9 G G/A
And thinking small
***ORIGINAL VERSE***
Cadd9 G G/A
Death by bordem
Cadd9 G G/A
Death by greed
Cadd9 G G/A
If we cant stop taking
Cadd9 G G/A
More than we need
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***ALTERNATE VERSE***
Cadd9 G G/A
Death by boredom, death by greed
Cadd9 G G/A
If we cant stop taking more than we need
C G G/A
Watching the pages of history bleed
Em D D2
While we wash our hands
Cadd9 G G/A
Hoist a new flag
Cadd9 G G/A
Hoist a new flag
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Cadd9 G G/A
Well, across the fractured landscape
Cadd9 G G/A
I see the same things
Cadd9 G G/A
Tired ideas
Cadd9 G G/A
Birds without wings
A C G
Birds without wings
A C G
Birds without wings
Cadd9 G G/A
And these are just thoughts
Cadd9 G G/A
On lackluster times
Cadd9 G G/A
And Ive no interest
Cadd9 G G/A
In excuses you can find
Cadd9 G G/A
Like you’ve had a hard day
Cadd9 G G/A
Now you’re to tired to care
Cadd9 G G/A
Now you’re to tired to care
Cadd9 G G/A
Oh you’ve had a hard day
Cadd9 G G/A
Well, across the fractured landscape
Cadd9 G G/A
I see the same things
Cadd9 G G/A
Tired ideas, broken values
Cadd9 G G/A
Many with the notion that to share is to lose
Cadd9 G G/A
A hollow people bound by a lack
Cadd9 G G/A
Of imagination and to much looking back
C Dadd4 G Em
Without the courage to give a new thing a chance
Cadd9 G G/A
Grounded by this ignorance
D C
And the cat comes
A C G
We’re just birds without wings
A C G
Birds without wings
A C G
Birds without wings
A* C G
Birds
A* C G
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