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Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Flightless Bird, American Mouth was written and performed by Sam Beam, under his stage name Iron & Wine. It was released as the final track on his third studio album The Shepherds Dog. The songs lyrics reflect on loss of innocence, change, and nostalgia. It gained significant popularity after being featured in the Twilight movie soundtrack, especially during the prom scene.

Key: C

Introduction:

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         C 
I was a quick wet boy
            Am 
Diving too deep for coins
             F 
All of your street light eyes
           G 
Wide on my plastic toys
              C 
And when the cops closed the fair
          Am 
I cut my long baby hair
            F 
Stole me a dog-eared map
                   G 
And called for you everywhere

       C 
Have I found you?
 Am                F         G 
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
  C 
Or lost you?
  Am 
American mouth
 F         G 
Big pill looming

           C 
Now I&rsquo m a fat house cat
            Am 
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
              F 
Watching the warm poison rats
                  G 
Curl through the wide fence cracks
            C 
Pissing on magazine
             Am 
Photos, those fishing lures
                F 
Thrown in the cold and clean
                G 
Blood of Christ mountain stream

       C 
Have I found you?
 Am                F          G 
Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding
  C 
Or lost you?
  Am 
American mouth
 F          G           C 
Big pill, stuck going down

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