I think this is how the song is played. Not 100% sure, but it should do.
Standard tuning.
Capo 1.
Chords played:
Em -0-2-2-0-0-0- or Em7 -0-2-2-0-0-3-
D -x-x-0-2-3-2-
C -x-3-2-0-1-0- or Cadd9 -x-3-2-0-3-3-
Dsus2 -x-x-0-2-3-0-
G -3-2-0-0-3-3-
Verse 1:
Em D C
And she was just
Em D C
another lullaby
Em D C
with candlelight eyes
Em D C
singing you to sleep,
Em D C
drowsy with heat.
Em D C
And you were just
Em D C
a warning to avoid
Em D C
asleep upon the soil,
Em D C
holding onto night,
Em D C
fading with its' light.
Em D C
Fading with its' light.
Chorus:
Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone
D
and the only thing she ever cared for
Cadd9 G
with wings tattered and torn,
Em7 D Dsus2
beating unevenly, beating unevenly.
Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone,
D
and the only thing she ever cared for.
Cadd9 G
And your heart was forgotten,
Em7
alone on the floor.
D Em D C
She picked it up, brushed it of dust.
Em D C
Brushed it of dust.
Verse 2:
Em D C
And you were just
Em D C
a love-drunk vagabond
Em D C
with little reason to hold on.
Em D C
Pressed against the glass,
Em D C
watching people pass.
Em D [C]
Watching people pass...
Chorus:
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Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone
D
and the only thing she ever cared for
Cadd9 G
with wings tattered and torn,
Em7 D Dsus2
beating unevenly, beating unevenly.
Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone,
D
and the only thing she ever cared for.
Cadd9 G
And your heart was forgotten,
Em7
alone on the floor.
D Em D C
She picked it up, brushed it of dust.
Em D C
Brushed it of dust.
Verse 3:
Em D C
And you both intermingled
Em D C
beautiful, and as simple...
Em D C
And you both intermingled...
Em D C Em D C
beautiful and simple as dust.
Em D C
As dust.
Chorus:
Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone
D
and the only thing she ever cared for
Cadd9 G
with wings tattered and torn,
Em7 D Dsus2
beating unevenly, beating unevenly.
Cadd9 G Em7
And your heart was a bird, scared still and alone,
D
and the only thing she ever cared for.
Cadd9 G
And your heart was forgotten,
Em7
alone on the floor.
D Em D C
She picked it up, brushed it of dust.
Em D C
Brushed it of dust.
Verse 4:
Em D C
And you were just
Em D C
another lullaby
Em D C
with candlelight eyes
Em D C
singing her to sleep,
Em D C~
singing her to sleep.
