Chords for The Smith Street Band – Birthdays (Official Video)

[Eb] _ [Ab] _ Spent the _ [Eb] morning cleaning _ [Ab] my room.
_ [Bb] In the [Eb] heart of the _ city snow.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] Let's [Eb] pretend [Ab] _ [Eb] it's our [Ab] birthday.
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Separated by [C] a [Bb] couple of years.
And I'll [Eb] meet you [Ab] on the corner [Eb] of the [Ab] water.
[Eb] In the [Ab] Elizabeth Street [Cm] Pier.
[Gm] Wanna be [Eb] alone.
_ [Ab] [Eb] Wanna be surrounded.
Wanna be transient.
Wanna [Cm] be [Bb] grounded.
But [Eb] all of this silence disappears [Ab] from me.
[Eb] When you drape an arm across my [Ab] knee.
_ Intentionally, [Bb] lazily, [Eb] oh.
You'll be the one. _
_ _ [Ab] Looking _ confused.
And [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] I'll be [Eb] the one. _ _
[Abm] _ Looking [Cm] confused.
_ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] We [Eb] are more than [Ab] future _
[Eb] [Ab] housewives.
More [Cm] than the summer [Bb] love.
[Eb] [Ab] Lost wives.
Two [Eb] lovers in [Ab] basically [Eb] matching shirts.
[Ab] Jay walked [Cm] together [Bb] across the [Eb] fire.
[Ab] The midnight's warm.
[Eb] Let [Ab] _
[Eb] me forget.
[Ab] All [Cm] the balance [Bb] and not all [Eb] the water.
[Ab] You find [Eb] my mind.
[Ab] Is [Eb] what is the [Ab] last thing we can [Cm] find [Bb] before [Eb] sunrise.
_ _ You'll be the one. _
_ _ [Ab] In our comfortable _ [Abm] shirts.
[Ebm] _ _ [Eb] And I'll be the one. _ _
[Ab] _ Probably too drunk but still offers [Bb] to carry [Ebm] you.
_ _ [Eb] You'll be the one.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] You'll be the one. _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
And laughing at [Cm] things [Eb] so obvious.
That our hearts were [Cm] taken so [Bb] [Eb] serious.
To the outside world.
Stay _ oblivious to all of our friends.
Our actions will be hideous.
They'll be intense.
[Cm] They'll be too loud.
[Eb] They'll get too high.
They'll [Ab] get too drunk.
But [Eb] in between.
_ [Cm] And half the signs.
I will love you [Eb] more [Ab] than anyone you have [Cm] ever [B] known.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] And [Eb] I don't mean to [Ab] put the pressure [Eb] on.
You [Ab] get a life [Cm] while [Bb] you love [Eb] more.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] I don't mean to [Ab] put the pressure [Eb] on.
I've [Ab] got a few names for a [Cm] daughter.
[Bb] I can't think of one [Eb] for a son.
[Ab] _ [Eb] I don't mean to [Ab] put the pressure [Eb] on.
_ [Ab] _ [Cm] I don't mean to put the [Bb] pressure [Eb] on.
I'm [Ab] not too lazy.
[Eb] I'm [Ab] here to stay this [Eb] way.
Anyway, [Ab] hey, my name's Will.
Nice to meet you. _