Birds

Elton John

Tom: C

Melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
Melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
        G
There's some things I don't have now
Bb
Some things I don't talk about
      C                            G
These things are between myself and I
      G/F            C/E   G
In my thick skull the joker hides 
 
        G
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Bb
Cold hard truths I can't face
      C                          G
These days are different than the past
  G/F                    C/E          G
Reflections change in the looking glass 
 
    Dm/F        C/E          C/E         G
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
  F                    C/E            G
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
  Dm/F      C/E      C/E        G
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
      F         C/E         D         D
Don't answer the question of where we belong
 
         G
How come birds 
                   F            G
Don't fall from the sky when they die?
         Bb
How come birds
                 C
Always look for a quiet place to hide
      G
These words
                  F        G
Can't explain what I feel inside?
     Bb            C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
 
 
melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark
 
And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you
 
(CHORUS)
 
G/F  C/E  C/E  G
 
G/F  C/E  G
 
G/F  C/E  C/E  G
 
G/F  C/E  D
 
(CHORUS)
 
G
 
     Bb            C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
     Bb            C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
 
melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
melody:  (G A Bb B  Bb A G)*  F E D C  E D C C C C 
chords:  G                   F        C/E
 
G/F  C/E  G/F  C/E  G/F  C/E  G
 
 
*Played in sixth intervals