Chords for White Birds Live Mike Scott and Steve Wickham (The Waterboys)
Tempo:
78.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
WB Yates was an Irish poet and a playwright.
He's one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature world.
He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1923.
This is off the album An Appointment with Mr.
Yates.
The song and poem is called White Birds.
It's the Water Boys on the [B] Woods song.
[E] Old Town 80s.
[F#]
[F#]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] I would that we were my beloved
[B] [G] White birds on the foam of the sea
[A] Far from the rose [Bm] and the lily
[Em] And the fret [A] of the flames would we [D] be
For the flame of the blue star of twilight
Hung [G] low on the rim of the sky
[A] [Bm]
A sadness that may [D] never die
A [G] sadness [A] that may [D] never die
[Bm] [D] A sadness that may never die
A weariness comes from those dreamers
Do [G]
you dabble the lily and the rose
[A] A dreamer for naught [Bm] my beloved
[G] The flame [A] of the meteor [D] that glows
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
[G] Hung low in the fall of the dew
[A] For I would we were [Bm] changed my beloved
To [G]
white [D] birds [A] on the foam [D] I and you
To [G]
white birds on the [D] foam I and you
[F#m] Bend low that I may crown you
Flower of the branch, [Bm] silver fish
My [Bm] hands have taken from the running stream
[Em] Morning star trembling in the heavens
Like a white foam on the borders of a [A] wood
Bend that I may crown you, that I may crown you
[D] For the flame of the blue star of twilight
[G] Hung low on the rim of the sky
[A] Has awaked in our hearts [Bm] my beloved
[G] A sadness [A] that may [D] never die
And far from the rose and the lily
[G] And the fret of the flames would we be
[A] Were we only white birds [Bm] my beloved
White birds [A] on the foam [D] of the sea
[G] White [A] birds on the [D] foam of the sea
[Bm]
[D] [F#]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea
[Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea White birds
[Em] [D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[G] [D]
[N] [G]
[D]
He's one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature world.
He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1923.
This is off the album An Appointment with Mr.
Yates.
The song and poem is called White Birds.
It's the Water Boys on the [B] Woods song.
[E] Old Town 80s.
[F#]
[F#]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] I would that we were my beloved
[B] [G] White birds on the foam of the sea
[A] Far from the rose [Bm] and the lily
[Em] And the fret [A] of the flames would we [D] be
For the flame of the blue star of twilight
Hung [G] low on the rim of the sky
[A] [Bm]
A sadness that may [D] never die
A [G] sadness [A] that may [D] never die
[Bm] [D] A sadness that may never die
A weariness comes from those dreamers
Do [G]
you dabble the lily and the rose
[A] A dreamer for naught [Bm] my beloved
[G] The flame [A] of the meteor [D] that glows
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
[G] Hung low in the fall of the dew
[A] For I would we were [Bm] changed my beloved
To [G]
white [D] birds [A] on the foam [D] I and you
To [G]
white birds on the [D] foam I and you
[F#m] Bend low that I may crown you
Flower of the branch, [Bm] silver fish
My [Bm] hands have taken from the running stream
[Em] Morning star trembling in the heavens
Like a white foam on the borders of a [A] wood
Bend that I may crown you, that I may crown you
[D] For the flame of the blue star of twilight
[G] Hung low on the rim of the sky
[A] Has awaked in our hearts [Bm] my beloved
[G] A sadness [A] that may [D] never die
And far from the rose and the lily
[G] And the fret of the flames would we be
[A] Were we only white birds [Bm] my beloved
White birds [A] on the foam [D] of the sea
[G] White [A] birds on the [D] foam of the sea
[Bm]
[D] [F#]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea
[Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea White birds
[Em] [D] [Bm]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[G] [D]
[N] [G]
[D]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
D
G
A
WB Yates was an Irish poet and a playwright.
He's one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature world.
He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1923.
This is off the album An Appointment with Mr.
Yates.
The song and poem is called White Birds.
It's the Water Boys on the [B] Woods song.
[E] Old Town 80s.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] I would that we were my beloved _
_ [B] [G] White birds on the foam of the sea
_ [A] Far from the rose [Bm] and the lily
_ [Em] And the fret [A] of the flames would we [D] be
_ For the flame of the blue star of twilight
_ Hung [G] low on the rim of the sky
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
A _ sadness that may [D] never die
A _ [G] sadness [A] that may [D] never die
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] A sadness that may never die
A weariness comes from those dreamers
Do [G]
you dabble the lily and the rose
_ [A] A dreamer for naught [Bm] my beloved
_ [G] The flame [A] of the meteor [D] that glows
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
[G] Hung low in the fall of the dew
_ [A] For I would we were [Bm] changed my beloved
To [G]
white [D] birds [A] on the foam [D] I and you
To [G]
white birds on the [D] foam I and you _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] Bend low that I may crown you
_ Flower of the branch, [Bm] silver fish
My [Bm] hands have taken from the running stream
[Em] Morning star trembling in the heavens
Like a white foam on the borders of a [A] wood
Bend that I may crown you, that I may crown you
[D] For the flame of the blue star of twilight
_ [G] Hung low on the rim of the sky
_ [A] Has awaked in our hearts [Bm] my beloved
_ [G] A sadness [A] that may [D] never die
_ And far from the rose and the lily
_ [G] And the fret of the flames would we be
_ [A] Were we only white birds [Bm] my beloved
_ White birds [A] on the foam [D] of the sea
_ [G] White [A] birds on the [D] foam of the sea
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea
_ _ _ _ [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea White birds
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
He's one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature world.
He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1923.
This is off the album An Appointment with Mr.
Yates.
The song and poem is called White Birds.
It's the Water Boys on the [B] Woods song.
[E] Old Town 80s.
[F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] I would that we were my beloved _
_ [B] [G] White birds on the foam of the sea
_ [A] Far from the rose [Bm] and the lily
_ [Em] And the fret [A] of the flames would we [D] be
_ For the flame of the blue star of twilight
_ Hung [G] low on the rim of the sky
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
A _ sadness that may [D] never die
A _ [G] sadness [A] that may [D] never die
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] A sadness that may never die
A weariness comes from those dreamers
Do [G]
you dabble the lily and the rose
_ [A] A dreamer for naught [Bm] my beloved
_ [G] The flame [A] of the meteor [D] that glows
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
[G] Hung low in the fall of the dew
_ [A] For I would we were [Bm] changed my beloved
To [G]
white [D] birds [A] on the foam [D] I and you
To [G]
white birds on the [D] foam I and you _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] Bend low that I may crown you
_ Flower of the branch, [Bm] silver fish
My [Bm] hands have taken from the running stream
[Em] Morning star trembling in the heavens
Like a white foam on the borders of a [A] wood
Bend that I may crown you, that I may crown you
[D] For the flame of the blue star of twilight
_ [G] Hung low on the rim of the sky
_ [A] Has awaked in our hearts [Bm] my beloved
_ [G] A sadness [A] that may [D] never die
_ And far from the rose and the lily
_ [G] And the fret of the flames would we be
_ [A] Were we only white birds [Bm] my beloved
_ White birds [A] on the foam [D] of the sea
_ [G] White [A] birds on the [D] foam of the sea
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea
_ _ _ _ [Em]
On the [D] foam of the sea White birds
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _