Building a Bird
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
outtake from the “Made in England” album
recorded by Nigel Olsson for his “Move the Universe” album (1995)

F - C - G - Em - D
F - C- -G

D               D7
I'm building a bird
           G         Gm
From the wreck of a story
D        A/C#     Bm
Something I once heard
 C			      G
Sifting through this pile of words
                A7
I'm building a bird

D               D7
I'm building a bird
         G           Gm
From a crack in the system
 D               A/C#   Bm
Sunshine, it's a dirty word
C                           G
Slippin' out of this naked world
                A7
And building a bird

        F#7         Bm   A
Take a broken bird home
  G                D
Wrap it in barbed wire
         F#7        Bm
Saddest song I've ever heard
       G         A    A7
Was a bird in a house on fire

I'm building a bird
From the wreck of a story
Something I once heard
Sifting through this pile of words
I'm building a bird

           F#7        Bm  A
All this scattered makeup
 G                 D
From covering his curse
         F#7           Bm
All the scattered building blocks
      G            A    A7
That never got to build a bird

D - D7 - G - Gm - D - A/C# - Bm - A - G - C - G

        A7
If you want it you can take it
       F#7
If you need it you don't know it
       Bm
If it moves screw it in the ground
         Bb
If it's around it's all over
  D
Tools and nail and glue and feathers
G				 A7
All that's left from building a bird

I'm building a bird
From a crack in the system
Sunshine, it's a dirty word
Slippin' out of this naked world
                D
And building a bird

F - C - G          D
       Building a bird
Bb - F - C          D
       Building a bird
F - C - G          D
       Building a bird
Bb - F - C