The Starting Line
Birds
Direction
2007 Virgin Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m - 466444
Bbm - x13321
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Bb/D - x587xx
F# - 244322
G#/C - x365xx
C#/F - 143xxx
Verse 1:
G#m Bbm
Spend the day in your bed taking medicine
G#m Bbm
If that's the only thing that keeps you calm
G#m Bbm B
Well one of these days you've gotta get up
C# Bb/D
And get out
G#m Bbm
There is a purpose for all of my sitting here
G#m Bbm
If you can't understand well you could
G#m Bbm
If you could just stretch your attention span
B C# Ebm
Now, for this song
Refrain:
Ebm G#/C B C# Ebm
I hope that this is what you will want
G#/C B C# Ebm
Cause my throat will be the first thing to go
G#/C B C# Ebm B C#
And I hope that some day I'll hear everyone say
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Chorus 1:
B F# B
Is that all you've got turn it up keep it coming
B F# B
Cause I've got the words to keep the birds humming
G#m
Well there's gotta be something
Ebm C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
G#m
Well there's gotta be something
Ebm C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
Interlude: G#m-Bbm (x3) B-C#-Bb/D
Verse 2:
G#m Bbm
Spend your life with a pen and a microphone
G#m Bbm
You wrote down everything that you could
G#m Bbm
In case somebody gives them a second glance
B C# Bb/D
Now for this long
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C#-B--C# (x3)
Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------
G|-15--16\15-13--15\13--11--10--8--10-
D|--x---x\-x--x---x\-x---x---x--x---x- (x3)
A|-13--14\13-11--13\11---9---8--6---8-
E|------------------------------------
Chorus 2:
B(hold)
Is that all you got turn it up, keep it coming
B F# B
Cause I got the words to keep the birds humming
G#m
Well there's gotta be something
Ebm C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
G#m
Well there's gotta be something
Ebm C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
(Repeat)
Ebm C#/F
Oh there's gotta be, there's gotta be
