The Seabirds Chords by The Triffids

[G] _ _ foreign pair of dark sunglasses [D] wherever she from _
the [G] light that pierced your eyelids
[D] the screaming of the [Em] birds
_ _ [A] beaming off the bodies of the fish
[Bm] crashing off the bay till it was dead
[F#m] turning the sky a cold dark color
as [Em] they circled overhead _ _
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_ _ [G] swam out to the edge of the reef
there were [D] puffs across his skin _
_ [G] salt water on his eyes and arms
but he [D] could not feel the [Em] skin _
there [A] was no one left to hold him back
[Bm] he wanted to call out his name
[F#m] chase him, feed him, drive him home
say little [Em] boy, it doesn't have to end this way
[G] _ he _ [A] _ _
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_ _ [F#m] announced their cross separation
spent [Em] the night in a car-paced motel bed
told [F#m] a stranger lying next to him
[G] repeating the word hard over his head
[A] she said what's the matter now
lover or a threat
[G] run off for the [D] tall
_ [F#m] eating drugs to get more to live
_ [Em] drinking to get numb
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] called out to the _ seabirds
take me now, I'm [D] no longer afraid to die
they _ [G] pretended not to hear him
just [D] watched him with their heart [Em] in flat black eyes
[A] blinking big big eyes from any side
_ [Bm] they lived in their _ leaves
[F#m] would not touch the solitary figure [Em] lying tossed up on the beach
[G] where were you? _
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