Chords for Elton John's "Building a Bird" by Nigel Olsson (with Lyrics!)
Tempo:
91.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G]
[E] [D]
[F] [D]
I'm building a bird from [G] a wreck of [Gm] a story [D] Something I [Bm] once heard
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words I'm [A] building a bird
[D] I'm building a bird from [G] a cry in the [Gm] system
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a [Bm] dirty word
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
[E] [D]
[F] [D]
I'm building a bird from [G] a wreck of [Gm] a story [D] Something I [Bm] once heard
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words I'm [A] building a bird
[D] I'm building a bird from [G] a cry in the [Gm] system
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a [Bm] dirty word
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
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G
D
A
Bm
C
G
D
A
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm building a bird from [G] a wreck of [Gm] a story _ _ [D] Something I [Bm] once heard _ _
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words I'm [A] building a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ I'm building a bird from [G] a cry _ in the [Gm] system _
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a [Bm] dirty word _ _
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
I'm [A] building a bird _ _ _ Take this [Bm] broken bird home
_ [G] _ _ Wrap [D] it in barbed wire _ _ Saddest song [Bm] I ever heard
[G] Broken [G] bird [D] in a house _ _ [A] on fire
I'm [D] _ _ building a bird from [G] a wreck [Gm] of a story _
[D] Something _ [A] I [Bm] once heard _ _
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words
I'm building [A] a bird _ _ _ All this God [Bm] may come
_ _ [G] From covering [D] his curse _ _ _ All this God [Bm] building blocks
[G] That never got [A] to building _ _ birds _
[D] _ _ I'm _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] a writer, you can tell you [Gb] If you need it, you don't know it
[Bm] Let loose from the ground [Bb] All around you know I'm a
[A] The never-ending feather [G] From what's left from building [A] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ I'm building a bird from [G] a cry in [Gm] the system _ _
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a dirty [Bm] word _ _
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
I'm building [D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Building [D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ Building [D] a bird _ [D] Building _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm building a bird from [G] a wreck of [Gm] a story _ _ [D] Something I [Bm] once heard _ _
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words I'm [A] building a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ I'm building a bird from [G] a cry _ in the [Gm] system _
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a [Bm] dirty word _ _
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
I'm [A] building a bird _ _ _ Take this [Bm] broken bird home
_ [G] _ _ Wrap [D] it in barbed wire _ _ Saddest song [Bm] I ever heard
[G] Broken [G] bird [D] in a house _ _ [A] on fire
I'm [D] _ _ building a bird from [G] a wreck [Gm] of a story _
[D] Something _ [A] I [Bm] once heard _ _
[C] Sifted through this pile [G] of words
I'm building [A] a bird _ _ _ All this God [Bm] may come
_ _ [G] From covering [D] his curse _ _ _ All this God [Bm] building blocks
[G] That never got [A] to building _ _ birds _
[D] _ _ I'm _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] a writer, you can tell you [Gb] If you need it, you don't know it
[Bm] Let loose from the ground [Bb] All around you know I'm a
[A] The never-ending feather [G] From what's left from building [A] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ I'm building a bird from [G] a cry in [Gm] the system _ _
[D] Sunshine, [A] it's a dirty [Bm] word _ _
[C] Slipping out this naked [G] world
I'm building [D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Building [D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ Building [D] a bird _ [D] Building _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] a bird _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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