The Birds(Chords)

	        
Intro: D D D D F C C C C C 


Verse 

    D 
The birds 
        Em    D    C  D   F    C 
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret 
        Dm  C  Bb    C  D 
As they saw us where we lay 
       Em    D    C     D  F        C 
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time 
     Dm     C    Bb     C  D 
In a reck - less guil - ty haze 
         Em   D C     D    F       C 
And they wove a sweet in - diff - erence 
       Dm    C    Bb C   D 
And it set - tled on our skin 
         Em   D    C D    F     C 
Till the eyes that I re - mem - bered 
        Dm   C    Bb   C  D 
For the last time drew me in 


Break: D 


Verse 

    D 
The birds 
         Em   D    C     D    F    C 
Though I wore your gla - cial pa - tience 
     Dm     C  Bb   C    D 
To a smudge of bi - tter dust 
       Em   D   C   D    F      C 
On the last day you em - braced me 
       Dm       C    Bb    C    D 
With a gliste - ning sap - ling trust 
         Em   D C      D   F     C 
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings 
        Dm      C  Bb     C  D 
As they watched us slow - ly part 
        Em   D     C    D   F    C 
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses 
         Dm   C  Bb   C    D 
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts 


Instrumental: 
D 

D D D D F C C C C C 

D D D D F C C C C C 


Bridge 

D 
  What are we gonna do with you... 

  Same tale, every time 
F                   C 
  What are we gonna do with you, come on inside 
                          D 
  Looking back is for the birds 
D 
  What are we gonna do with you... 

  Same tale, every time 
F                   C 
  What are we gonna do with you, come on inside 
                          D 
  Looking back is for the birds 
D 
  What are we gonna do with you... 

  Same tale, every time 
F                   C 
  What are we gonna do with you, come on inside 
                          D 
  Looking back is for the birds 
D 
  What are we gonna do with you... 

  Same tale, every time 
F                   C 
  What are we gonna do with you, come on inside 
                          D 
  Looking back is for the birds 


Instrumental: 
D D D D Em D C D F F C C C C C C Dm C Bb C 

D D D D Em D C D F F C C C C C C Dm C Bb C 


Verse 

             D 
Ohhhhhh, the birds 
        Em    D    C  D   F    C 
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret 
        Dm  C  Bb    C  D 
As they saw us where we lay 
       Em    D    C     D  F        C 
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time 
     Dm     C    Bb     C  D 
In a reck - less guil - ty haze 
         Em   D C      D   F     C 
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings 
        Dm      C  Bb     C  D 
As they watched us slow - ly part 
        Em   D     C    D   F    C 
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses 
         Dm   C  Bb   C    D 
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts 

D D D D Em D C D C F                    C                Dm C 
                    What are we gonna do with you... 
        Bb      C       D 
Looking back is for the birds 

D D D D Em D C D C F                    C 
                    What are we gonna do with you... 

Dm C Bb C 


Outro 

D        C    D   Am        D 
  Oohooh-ooh, ooh-ooh,  ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh 
D        C    D   Am        D 
  Oohooh-ooh, ooh ooh,  ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh 
Em 

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Written by Guy Garvey/Richard Jupp/Craig Potter/Mark Potter/Pete Turner