Elton John - Birds

MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C/E

G
There's some things I don't have now
Bb
Some things I don't talk about
C                    G
These things are between myself and I
G/F             C/E             G
In my thick skull the joker hides

G
There's consequences I'm scared to taste
Bb
Cold hard truths I can't face
C                         G
These days are different than the past
G/F             C/E             G
Reflections change in the looking glass

Dm/F             C/E             G
And everywhere I look there's something to learn
F             C/E             G
A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn
Dm/F                    C/E                   G
A hatful of quarters and a naked song
F       C/E       D       D
Don't answer the question of where we belong

G
How come birds
F                   G
Don't fall from the sky when they die?
Bb
How come birds
C
Always look for a quiet place to hide
G
These words
F                   G
Can't explain what I feel inside?
Bb             C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide

MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C/E

These independent moves I make
This confidence I try to fake
You can hear the beating of my heart
But not a feather falling in the dark

And everything I hear never makes any sense
Another old prophet perched on the fence
A cupful of pencils and a self help guru
Don't answer the question of what I am to you

(CHORUS)

G/F C/E C/E G

G/F C/E G

G/F C/E C/E G

G/F C/E D

(CHORUS)

G

Bb              C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide
Bb              C             G
Like birds I need a quiet place to hide


MELODY: (G A Bb B Bb A G)* F E D C E D C C C C
CHORDS: G F C/E

G/F C/E G/F C/E G/F C/E G