e|------------- B|------------- G|------------- D|-----0-----0- A|---2-----2--- E|-3-----4-----
| C | G | F | Fm |
e|-----3-----3---------3-----3---------1-----1---------1-----1--|
B|---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1---1-----1----|
G|-5-----5-----5---4-----4-----4---2-----2-----2---2-----1------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| (verse) |
| C | G | |
| The finches and sparrows build | nests in my chimney |
| F | Fm | |
| what r | emains of the small flightless birds that you | failed to protect |
| C | G | F | |
| but their yolk isn't | easy in fact it's a | drag |
| Fm | C | |
| as they're blowing through cornfields and | mountains of | rags |
| C | G | F | |
| all over the | suburbs across the great | lawns |
| Am | |
| crop-dusting gardens all over this | town |
| (chorus) |
| C | G | F | |
| but nobody | cares when it gets in their | hair |
| C | G | F | |
| it gets in their | lungs as it floats through the | air |
| C | G | F | |
| it gets in the | food that they buy and pre | pare |
| D7 | G | F | |
| but nobody | cares when it gets in their | hair |
| (whistle) |
| (middle) |
| F | |
| across the great chasms and schisms and the sudden aneurisms |
| C | G | F | |
| where the black ink will | drip across the | crespice of your | eyes |
| F | |
| and your teeth are worth more than you can spare- |
| C | G | F | |
| -oh don't | tell me that it | just isn't | fair |
| F | |
| don't speak about the cycles of life 'cause your thoughts are so soft |
| C G F D7 G (fill 1) |
| I could cut 'em with a spork or a bride's kniii-i-fe |
| F | C | G | F | |
| and the wine made our | mouths | too | loose |
| F | C | G | F | |
| such a reckless choice of | words |
| F | C | G | F# | |
| when you tell me that I'm | too " | obs | truce" |
| G | |
| I just thought it was a kind of | bird |
| F# | |
| (I swear) | I just stood there |
| F | |
| not saying a | word |
| F | |
| not saying a | word |
| not saying |