Chords for Injured Bird - Vic Chesnutt with Michael Stipe

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] You were right [Eb] as I [Bb]
was leaving _ You [F]
were filled [Eb] with that popular [Bb]
feeling
_ _ I [F] _
_ _ [Eb] could tell [Bb] by the wall _ _ [F] I have heard [Eb] _ about [Bb]
the wall
_ _ _ [Eb]
Think to [Bb] yourself [Eb] like when you're [Bb] in bed _ [F] _
_ [Eb] Something clobbered me _ [F] in the head
[Eb]
Am [Bb] I ready [F] to leave [Eb] you said [Bb]
I [F] have exhausted [Eb] this view
_ _ _ [Bb]
I have [F] _ exhausted [Bb] this _ view
I [Eb] was _ flattered and _ [Bb] _
ambivalent _ I [Eb] was captive _ and I [Bb] was spent
I _ [Eb] was wounded the [Bb] other _ day
_ [F] But you, _ _ _ [Eb]
you [Bb] couldn't see [F] beyond the view, _ me, [Bb]
me
_ _ [Eb] All [F] _
_ [Eb] the stories I [Bb] have _ heard _ _ [F]
One with [Eb] the _ [Gm] [Bb] injured bird
_ _ _ [F] _
Seems [Eb] to me [Bb] most _ true _ _ [F]
Seems [Eb] to me [Bb] most true
_ _ [Eb] You _ [Bb] kept it warm [Eb] and safe [Bb] in a box [F] A grass [Eb] and old shirt, that cardboard [F] _ box
[Eb]
Then you [Bb] let the cat [F] _
over [Eb] the [Bb] fence It _ [F] doesn't get any [Eb] better than [Bb] this
It _ [F] doesn't get any [Eb]
better than _ _ [Bb]
this
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ I [Eb] was wounded the other [Bb] _
day
But [F] _
you, _ _ _ [Eb] you couldn't [Bb] see _ [F] beyond the _ view, me, [Bb] me
_ _ _ _ _ _
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