Birds Of Paradise Chords by Pretenders

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I _ _ [G] _ _ wrote [Dm] a [F] letter _ [C] to _ [D] you my friend [G] So _ _ [Dm] many [F] _ letters [C] that I [D] never sent
_ [G] _ I [Dm] think [F] about you like [C] the [Em] _ _ [D] days in the [C] _ _ time that we [D]
had
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ I laughed in [D] my _ [Bm] bed [C] _ at the stupid things [D] you [Bm] said
We [G] were two birds of paradise
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Where [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ I [Dm] was a [F] little girl with [C] clay horses and bands on [D] the shelf
[G] I _ [Dm] caught [F] hogs in _ [C] _ ditches and [D] sandy forests
[G] My _ _ [Dm] friends and [F] I had [C] a world unto [D] _
_ ourselves
[C] _ The grown-ups [D] could find us [Bm] when [C] we _ made our [D] plans so [Bm] secretly
_ [C] _ So when are [D] they ever [B] to be the [C] best, the birds of _ _ paradise?
[G] _ _ _ [F] Da da da, _ [C] da da da, _ [D] da da da
_ [G] _ _ Once upon a _ time, _ _ _ still they wonder
_ _ _ Back in [D] _
Yellowhoo, _ [Em] _ the things [C] I remember
_ _ [G] _ One time [C] when you took off our [Em] clothes
But [C] you were crying, [D] crying
[G] _ You [F] said nothing lasts forever, [Em] _ we were happy [C] _
[D] together
_ [G] _ I _ [Dm] _
[F] caught you _ [C] in Stockholm [D]
and Rome
[G] _ _ Me [Dm] in [F] my hotel [C] room, you [D] in your home
_ [G] _ _ This is [Dm] the [F] life they said [C] our _ [D] dreams are made of
_ [C] _ Don't forget [D] to please [Bm] do forgive _ [C] me
I still [D] have something [Bm] you did give [C] me
I've been surviving [D]
dreams [Bm] and I will live me [C] hand dream
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_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] Please don't forget _ [D]
to do [Bm] forgive [C] me
I still [D] have something [Bm] you did [C] give me
I've been [D] surviving dreams [Bm] and I will live me [C] hand _ _ [Em] dream
_ I [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] will live [C] me dream _ _ [D] _
[Bm] of _ [C] _ paradise _ _
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