The Seabirds Chords by The Triffids

_ No foreign pair of dog sunglasses [D] will ever cheat you from
[G] The light that pierces your eyelids, the [D] screaming of [Em] the dogs _
[A] Feeding off the bodies of the fish, [Bm] thrashing up the bait, it was rare
[F#m] Turning the sky a cold dark color [Em] as they circled overhead
To [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ the edge of the reef there [D] were cuts across his [Bm] skin
_ [G] Salt water on his eyes and arms but he [D] could not feel the [Em] sting
[A] There was no one left to hold him back, [Bm] one to call out his name
[F#m] Trace him, feed him, drive him home, say [Em] little boy it doesn't have to end this [G] way
He [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] announced their cross separation, [Em] spent the night in the park, his motel [F#m] bed
Old strange lying next to him, [G] drinking in blue hearts over his head
[A] He said what's the matter now, lover boy [G] has the cat run off [D] with your tongue
He [F#m] said I'm here to get more land, [Em] but he came to get none
[G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ He [G] called out to the seabirds, take me now, I'm [D] no longer afraid to die
[G] They pretended not to hear him, just watched him with their [Em] heart of bright black eyes
[A] Making me cry from any dying thing, [Bm] the name of dead man reef
He [F#m] would not touch the solitary figure [Em] lying tossed up on the beach
Where [G] were you?
Where [A] was he?
Where [Bm] were you?
_ Where [G] were you?
Where were [A] you?
[Bm] Where were you?
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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