Birds
Songs from the West Coast
BIRDS
Year: 2001
Album: SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST
Writer: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
G
There's some things I don't have now
Bb
Some things I don't talk about
C G
These things are between myself and I
G\F C\E G
In my thick skull the joker hides
G
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Bb
Cold hard truths I can't face
C G
These days are different than the past
G\F C\E G
Reflections change in the looking glass
Dm\F C\E C\E G
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
F C\E G
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
Dm\F C\E C\E G
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
F C\E D D
Don't answer the question of where we belong
G
How come birds
F G
Don't fall from the sky when they die?
Bb
How come birds
C
Always look for a quiet place to hide
G
These words
F G
Can't explain what I feel inside?
Bb C G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark
And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you
(CHORUS)
G\F C\E C\E G
G\F C\E G
G\F C\E C\E G
G\F C\E D
(CHORUS)
G
Bb C G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
Bb C G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C\E
G\F C\E G\F C\E G\F C\E G
*Played in sixth intervals