Elton John - Birds guitar tab

Birds

Music by Elton John

Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

Available on the album Songs From The West Coast

(This intro part is played in thrids. The eighth note and the third note in the scale

The following two lines are written as the key the third is played on.)

G A Bb B Bb A G Fmaj7+9 C

G A Bb B Bb A G Fmaj7+9 C

G

There's some things I don't have now

Bb Bbsus2 Bb

Some things I don't talk about

C G

These things are between myself and I

F C Csus4 G

In my thick skull the joker hides

There's consequences I'm scared to taste

Cold hard truths I can't face

These days are different than the past

Reflections change in the looking glass

F C F/C C G

And everywhere I look there's something to learn

F C Csus4 G

A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn

F C F C G

A hatful of quarters and a naked song

F C D G/D D

Don't answer the question of where we belong

G

How come birds

C G

Don't fall from the sky when they die?

Eb

How come birds

F

Always look for a quiet place to hide

G

These words

C G

Can't explain what I feel inside?

Eb F G A Bb B Bb A G Fmaj7+9 C

Like birds I need a quiet place to hide

G A Bb B Bb A G Fmaj7+9 C

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

Solo:

F C F/C C G

F C Csus4 G

F C F C G

F C D G/D D

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