Chords for John Craigie - Dissect The Bird - live at Crescent Ballroom 11-12-2022

_ _ [E] I'll close out with a song, _ an older song of mine.
The idea for the chorus came to me a long, long [E] time ago.
I was a little boy, Johnny [Eb] Craigie on the streets
of Los [A] Angeles in [F] school, probably kindergarten,
it probably was.
[E] I was cussing [D] up a storm.
[A] _ I was [E] wild back then, you know?
I was frustrated.
I didn't know what I was doing on this planet,
not that a [F] six-year-old needs to know [E] exactly what they're
doing, but I was frustrated.
Looking [E] to find myself.
[A] I was wild.
[E] I remember one time this teacher said to me,
Johnny, calm down.
_ Calm it down. _ _ _
_ _ She said this to me, [Bb] she said,
Johnny, [A] _
Johnny, _ [E] _ Johnny, you could cut open a bird,
you still wouldn't find the song.
_ Do you know what I mean?
And I was [Gm] like, [E] I'm six, I don't really fully understand
[E] what you're talking about, but she says, I see you.
I see you looking for answers.
[A] I see you looking to take.
Some things aren't there [C] for you to take.
Some things barely [E] exist at all. _
[A] What you need to do is listen, _ observe,
_ [E] _
_ and then write your own.
You know what I'm saying, [A] Johnny? _
I was like, again, I'm only six, I'm not full.
[E] _ I'm not fully with you, but I think I know what you mean.
_ [Dm] I think I know what you mean, I'll try.
[E]
I promise I'll try.
_ It's been an honor to sing to you, baby. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Some nights I wanna get up here
and sing a [A] bunch of nonsense. _ _
But I know that my voice ain't good enough for bad lyrics.
_ [E] Not yours. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] This is the last song, the moment of truth.
[A] If this one fails, what good did the rest of them do?
[E] I'm trying to stay focused and stay in the moment,
[A] but all I can think about is if my fly has been open,
I [E] swore I checked before I came on.
Maybe that [A] was last night now.
I just can't recall.
[E] I would ask you to check for me,
but that would be asking a [A] lot,
so I'm just gonna check real quick. _ _
[E] Oh, you're doing it wrong.
That second bird trying to find a song.
It's a miracle
[A] that [B] I'm here [A] at all. _
[E] I _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] don't trust the musician who's always [A] complaining
it's hard up here, but so is everything.
[E] You know what my job was?
Before I did this, [A] I used to walk around parking lots,
picking up [E] trash.
Do you know how many people paid to watch me do that?
[A] Zero, always zero.
Even though my poster [E] sales were zero
for my trash pickup [A] job.
Even if no one comes to this one,
they still let me play guitar.
I don't trust [E] the musician who's always complaining.
Sometimes [A] it's clear.
_ Sometimes it's raining.
[E] Sometimes it's the gorge.
Sometimes it's the garage.
Get [A] over yourself.
And you got them [E] jive-o.
You're doing [B] it wrong.
That second [E] bird trying to find a [A] song.
[E] It's a [A] miracle
that [B] you're here [A] at all.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
When the candle flickers,
when the days get [E] dark,
they call them first world problems,
but they still break your heart.
The universe feels like it's against you.
Just take a minute to realize all that it took
to make you your parents had to meet.
As random as that was,
hang out long enough it means to.
Make some love and make a baby
and give it your name.
_ [A] And all your ancestors had to [E] do the same
[Em] exponentially backwards to the start of life.
So [E] much random shit had to happen.
Just exactly right sparks of a catch.
_ Oceans had to freeze.
[A] Billions of cells had to survive.
Endless diseases.
[E] Civilizations had to crumble.
Wars had to get fought.
Bad presidents [A] had to get elected
and good presidents had to get shot.
People [E] had to leave.
Hearts had to get broken.
[A] People had to die
just so your eyes could open.
[E] The universe is not against [A] you.
The universe is not against [E] you.
It went through a lot just to give you a chance.
Must have [A] wanted you here pretty bad.
No [E] pressure though.
No pressure though.
[A] The universe went through a lot,
but no pressure.
Bro, you don't gotta [E] be perfect.
You don't gotta be a saint.
Just [A] don't waste it.
This was not a [E] mistake.
You're doing [B] it wrong.
I [E] said, give me a break.
Try to [A] find a song.
[E] It's a _ miracle.
That was you.
[B] [A] You know.
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_ _ _ Thank you so much for your listening. _