Key: D
Introduction: D D D D F C C C C C
D
The birds
Em D C D F C
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret
Dm C Bb C D
As they saw us where we lay
Em D C D F C
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time
Dm C Bb C D
In a reck - less guil - ty haze
Em D C D F C
And they wove a sweet in - diff - erence
Dm C Bb C D
And it set - tled on our skin
Em D C D F C
Till the eyes that I re - mem - bered
Dm C Bb C D
For the last time drew me in
D
Verse
D
The birds
Em D C D F C
Though I wore your gla - cial pa - tience
Dm C Bb C D
To a smudge of bi - tter dust
Em D C D F C
On the last day you em - braced me
Dm C Bb C D
With a gliste - ning sap - ling trust
Em D C D F C
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings
Dm C Bb C D
As they watched us slow - ly part
Em D C D F C
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses
Dm C Bb C D
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts
D F C
Bridge
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D
What are we gonna do with you...
Same tale, every time
F C
What are we gonna do with you, come on inside
D
Looking back is for the birds
D C D F C Dm C Bb C
Verse
D
Ohhhhhh, the birds
Em D C D F C
Are the kee - pers of our se - cret
Dm C Bb C D
As they saw us where we lay
Em D C D F C
In the dee - pest grass of spring - time
Dm C Bb C D
In a reck - less guil - ty haze
Em D C D F C
Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings
Dm C Bb C D
As they watched us slow - ly part
Em D C D F C
Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses
Dm C Bb C D
In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts
D C D C F C Dm C
What are we gonna do with you...
Bb C D
Looking back is for the birds
D C D C F C
What are we gonna do with you...
Dm C Bb C
Outro
D C D Am D
Oohooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
D C D Am D
Oohooh-ooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh