Chords for Dermot Kennedy - For Island Fires and Family

_ _ How it must _ feel [Bb] to be a bird _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] roaming _ lonely overseas _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ How it must [Bb] _ feel to be [Eb] a bird _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] London, _ Paris, _ [Bb] underneath
And I wait on my own [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] And _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ I couldn't [Bb] _ _ [G] tell you enough that I'm sorry
_ _ _ _ And oh, [Eb] _ you [Bb] couldn't tell me enough that you love me
_ But she's bringing the moon and stars to me Damn [Gm] permanent reverie
_ _ [Dm] _ And even though this life, this love, this [Eb] grief I've got some people [Gm] who carry me
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] I wasn't in love soon as we knew [Bb] each other properly
Living about [Eb] half right till a certain [Bb] person got to me
[Gm] Nothing is secret, everything's [Bb] sacred how it ought to be
Under the moonlight on a clear night on [Bb] rooftops is where I want [Gm] to be
Sometimes I'm like a child [Bb] that's something I can't release
Dreams of a [Eb] coming home, sweet home, and I'm [Gm] telling you home's so sweet
Said you reminded me of the summertime [Bb] and I still mean that
In [Bb] a full room I'm the [Gm] only one she's smiling at
So wouldn't you let me know if you [Bb] were thinking less of me
That's what [Eb] she asked me, what was promised, what we [Eb] both agreed
But [Gm] truthfully if you ever go, you'd drop me [Bb] straight to hell
The seventh circle and I was talking with you earlier
We were open and vulnerable, [Gm] it was wonderful
_ [Bb] I _ used to dream that you would talk to me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I used to dream that you would talk to me _ _ _ _ _
_ And I [Gm] _ _ [C]
couldn't tell you enough that I'm [Dm] sorry
_ _ [Bb] _ And no, _
_ [Eb] you couldn't tell me [Gm] enough that you love me
[Dm] But [Bb] she's bringing the moon and stars [Eb] to me, damn [Gm] permanent reverie
And [Am] _ [Bb] even though this life, this love is [Eb] brief
I've got some people who [Gm] carry me _ _
_ [F] _ You know [Dm] that feeling when you think [C] your heart is gonna come right out [G] through your shirt
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ Get it a couple times a year [Gm] but I've been getting [F] it more often with her
[Bb] Now _ _ _ when I'm face to face with death I'll grab his throat and ask him how does [F] it hurt _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] Up in those golden moments growing old, [C] too quickly was he [Bb] thinking of her
But _
_ _ [Gm] she's [Bb] bringing the moon and stars to me, [Gm] damn permanent [Bb] reverie _
_ _ _ [Bb] And even though this life, this love [Eb] is brief
I've got some [Gm] people who carry me
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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