Chords for BIRDS ON A WIRE - Session Indiepoprock #16

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Am

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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BIRDS ON A WIRE - Session Indiepoprock #16 chords
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[N] 1, [A] 2, 3
[Bb] close the [G] door
The [Cm] night could last [F] forever
Leave [Bb] the sun, shine [G] out
[N] [G]
Light [Gm] keepers
On a [D] [G] wacky drunken midnight [C] choir
I have tried in my [D]
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G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Am
2311
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To start learning Rosemary Standley, Dom La Nena - Bird On The Wire chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - D, G, C, G and D in sequence. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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[N] _ 1, [A] 2, 3
If you [Bb] close _ the [G] door _ _ _
The [Cm] night could last [F] forever _
_ Leave [Bb] the sun, _ shine [G] out
_ _ And [C] say hello
_ [N] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Light [Gm] _ keepers _
On a [D] _ _ _ [G] wacky drunken midnight _ [C] choir _
I have _ _ tried in my [D]
way
[G] To be free _ _ _
Like a war _ on [D] a hook
_ Like a [G] night from some old fashioned [C] book
[G] I have _ saved all my [D] _ _ [G] remanence for thee _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] If I _ _ have been _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
you _ can't just let [G] it go by _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] If I _ _ _ have been _ [G] untrue _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] I hope you know it was _ [D] never to you _ _ _ _
_ _ Like a [G] _ beast _ [D] stillborn
_ _ Like [G] a beast _ with his horn
_ [C] I [G] have torn _ [D] anyone who reached out for [G] me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But I swear by this [D] song
_ And by [G]
all that I have [C] done wrong
I _ [G] will make _ [D] it all [G] up to thee _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ If I have been you [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ can't just let [G] it go _ by _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] If _ _ I _ have been _
[G] untrue _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] I hope you know it was never [D] to you _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Like a bird on [D] a wire
[G] Like a drunken _ midnight [C] choir
_ I [G] have tried in [D] my way
[G] To be free
_ _ _ Like a war _ on [D] a hook
_ [G] Like a night from some old [C] fashioned book _
I [G] have saved _ all [D] my _ remanence [G] for thee _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Duerme, duerme, _ [G] negrito
_ Que tu mamá [C] está en el campo, _ _ negrito
_ _ _ _ _ Duerme, duerme, _ [Dm] negrito
_ Que [D] tu mamá está en [C] el campo, _ _ _ negrito
Te va a traer [G] coraniles para ti
Te [C] va a traer [G] rica fruta para ti
[C] Te va a traer carne de [G] cerdo para ti
Te [C] va a traer muchas [G] cosas para ti
_ [C] Y si el negro no se duerme viene el diablo blanco
_ _ _ Le come la [G] patita chacapuma chacapum
Puma [C]
chacapuma chacapum
_ Puma [G] chacapuma chacapuma chacapum
Puma [C] chacapuma chacapuma _ chacapum
_ _ _ Duerme, _ _ duerme, [G] _ negrito
Que tu mamá está en el [C] campo, _ _ negrito
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C]
Duerme, duerme, [F] _ negrito _
Que [D] tu mamá está en el [C] campo, _ negrito
_ _ [Am] Trabajando, _ trabajando duramente, [C] trabajando
_ _ Trabajando y no le pagan, [Am] trabajando
_ Trabajando y va tosiendo, [C] trabajando
_ _ Trabajando y va de luto, [Am] trabajando
Va el negrito chiquitito [C] trabajando
_ Va el negrito chiquitito [Am] trabajando
_ _ _ _ [C] Va tosiendo, va de luto, _ _ [Am]
duramente
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Duerme, duerme, _ [G] _
negrito
_ Que tu mamá está en [C] el campo, _ _ negrito
_ [G] _ _
_ [C] Duerme, _ duerme, _ [Dm]
negrito
Que [D] tu mamá está en el [C] campo, _ _ negrito
_ _ Te va a traer [G] codoniches
_ [C] Te va a traer muchas [G] cosas para ti
_ [C] Te va a traer caneles [G] al robar
_ [C] Te va a traer muchas [G] cosas para ti
_ [C] Y si el negro no se duerme, viene el llano blanco _ _
Quizás le come la [G] pañita chacapuma chacapum
Puma [C] chacapuma chacapum _ _
Puma [G] chacapuma chacapuma chacapum
Puma [C] chacapuma chacapuma chacapum
Puma [G] chacapuma chacapuma chacapum
Puma [C]
chacapuma chacapuma _ chacapum _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ To _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] never, _ _ all the people are dancing and they're having such fun
I wish it could

Facts about this song

Among the tracks on the album Birds On a Wire, written by Leonard Cohen, this one stands out.

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