Chords for If You Were a Bird

[B] If you were a bird I [F#] think I'd like your song
[F#] If you were a light [C#] I'd always leave you [B] on
If [F#] you were a watch I'd love to watch the time
If you were [B] _
mine
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Swore I'd never like [B] the morning
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Till you woke me [B] up one day
_ [G#m] And I swore black and [F#] blue promises had no [F#] value _ _
_ _ _ Now I sleep wrapped up in the words [B] you say
And if you were a bird I think [F#m] I'd like your song
[F#] If you were a light I'd always leave [B] you on
If you were a watch I'd [E] love to watch the time
[F#] If you [B] were mine _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Yes I hear myself sir [B] I do _
_ [F#] I'm a walkin' talkin' hypocrite [B] it's true
_ [G#m] But I've heard farmers swear [F#] this soil will never be [E] the same
_ _ _ _ And [B] take it all back [A#m] with a second drop of rain
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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ Second drop [E] of rain
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] Mine is a [B] funny word if you think it through
[F#] It's fine your first home [E] label in your shoes
[G#m] And no one really owns [F#] a bird if you think [E] it through
[B] But _ _ _ [F#] I know I've struggled [B] with you _ _ _ _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ You _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ You _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ You _ _ _
_ [G#m] You
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_ You
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
You
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Yes [B] if you were a bird I think [E] I'd like [B] your song
[F#] And if you were a light I'd [B] always turn you on
If you were a watch I'd love [E] to watch the time
[F#] If you [B] were mine _ [F#] If you _ _
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_ _ Were a bird _ _