{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1141284,"song":"Killing Birds","artist":"Chris Cornell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1141284-killing-birds-chords-by-chris-cornell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1141284?type=chord","rating":4.69493,"votes":4,"content":"\"Killing Birds\" by Chris Cornell\r\nChords by Joan's Genius 2012\r\n\r\nThis song is mostly in the key of Bb, with a few exceptions. \r\nFor a simpler version, use the UG transpose function to go up 2 half steps (key of C).\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI learned long ago 'bout a better way of killing birds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd what it means when they die in my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike a strangled heart, it never made much sense to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhy I'd need to know the best way to do that[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nBut you have to love the murderer I've become[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAs I'm standing here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding right in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKilling birds[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've spent my youth breaking down the walls my father built[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust like he did to his father before him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut then I had no home, so I tried to make a better one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt looked just like his, so I burned it down again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nNo there ain't a long parade of idiots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAs I'm standing here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding right in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nKilling birds[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nYou don't have to love the murderer I've become[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf I could spin a web, I would sit and wait for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't need a stone, I'd just poison you and tie you up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd you would be a bird, a beautiful crested one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd your eyes would beg, but I'm just doing my job[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nStanding here in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKilling birds[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Killing Birds\" by Chris Cornell\nChords by Joan's Genius 2012\n\nThis song is mostly in the key of Bb, with a few exceptions. \nFor a simpler version, use the UG transpose function to go up 2 half steps (key of C).","chords":["Bb","C","Dm","Gm","F","Abm","Eb","Ebm","Gb","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}