Key: D
Introduction: D A Bm D E E
E Bm D A
Hey, Ladybird, ain't it just the way,
A E D A
the way that love grows cold and then fades away
E Bm D A
Now when he touches you, make no mistake,
A E D A E
the fire's long gone out and the ash has blown away.
D A Bm D
You don't know how to leave, and you don't know where to fly.
D A Bm D E
You don't know what you feel. but you know it's not satisfied today.
E Bm D A
So many little ones, so many mouths,
A E D A
you've got a lot to feed and you know you don't know how.
E Bm D A
Making the best of it, somehow you're making do,
A E D A E
making the best of the days that you stay and you wait in this cage they made for you.
D A Bm D
You don't know how to leave and you don't know where to fly.
D A Bm D
You've got a lot of things to lose, so you've got a lot of things to hide.
D A Bm D E
You know you don't believe but you know you've got to try today.
E Bm D A
You know the sweetest wine, it's a witches' brew,
A E D A
pours like honey down and then burns a hole in you.
E Bm D A
Yeah, you may think you're done but you're never through
A E D A E
spitting out the bitterness to get the little sweetness you do.
D A Bm D
You don't know how to leave and you don't know where to fly.
D A Bm D
You've got a lot of things to lose, so you've got a lot of things to hide.
D A Bm D
You don't know what you feel but you know it's not satisfied.
D A Bm D E
You know you don't believe but you know you've got to try today.
E D
Feel the winter bitterness
A E Bm
it's heavy on the wind, coming back again.
G D Bm E
Maybe it's time to fly, time to fly away!
G D Bm E
When you gonna spread your wings and fly When you gonna fly away
F#
When you gonna fly
F#
When you gonna fly away
OUTRO/Instrumental