Bird Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]My daddy fell in love
with a [D]bird[Dm]
Sweetest words I ever heard
[C]Sweetest [F]words [G]I ever
[D]heard[G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]Fea[D]ther fro[Dm]m the[G] palm of his han[D]d
[G]And [D]feather from the [G]palm of his [D]hand
[G]Thi[D]s was his fir[G]st lov[D]e,
[G]this [D]was[C] his[Gm] tru[G]e love
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]One [D]morning, [Dm]one morning,
she did come calling
Death she had heard through the night
One morning, one morning
She did come calling
[C]Death she had heard
[Gm]Through the [G]darkest [D]night
[Dm][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]So [D]she did cov[G]er him with
[D]fern [Dm]and bracken[D]
And lay [Dm]atop [G]him
[D]with her [G]black beaten [D]whelm
[G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]This [Dm]murder, our crows,
they come from below
And [C]gather [Dm]your bones
and [C]carry [Dm]you home
This mother of crows,
they [C]come [Dm]from below
And [C]gather your bones
[Gm]and carry you [G]home[D][G]
[D][Dm][G][Dm][G][Dm]
[G]My dad[Dm]dy told this story to [D]me
[G]My [D]dad[Dm]dy told this story to [D]me
[G]My [D]dad[Dm]dy told this story to me
[D]Oh, [G]wit[D]h eyes b[C]lack as coal
[Gm]You look just like[G] she[Dm][G][D]
[G]Oh, [D]with [C]eyes black as coal
Oh, [Gm]you look just like s[Dm]he
[D]Oh, [G]wit[D]h e[G]ye[D]
[C]s black as coa[Gm]l
You look just like she