{"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":2437523,"song":"White Birds","artist":"The Waterboys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11499747-white-birds-chords-by-the-waterboys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2437523?type=chord","rating":4.48579,"votes":4,"content":"Capo II (Sounding D major)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would that we were, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhite birds on the foam of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar from the rose and the lily[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the fret of the flames would we be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the flame of the blue star of twilight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHung low on the rim of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHas awakened in our hearts, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sadness that may never die[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sadness that may never die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA weariness comes from those dreamers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDew-dabbled, the lily and rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh, dream not of that, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe flame of the meteor that goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr the flame of the blue star that lingers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHung low in the fall of the dew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I would we were changed, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo white birds on the foam, I and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo white birds on the foam, I and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBend low, that I may crown you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFlower of the branch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSilver fish my hands have taken[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the running stream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMorning star, trembling in the heavens[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike a white fawn on the border of a wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBend that I may crown you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I may crown you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the flame of the blue star of twilight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHung low on the rim of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHas awakened in our hearts, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sadness that may never die[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sadness that may never die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSoon far from the rose and the lily[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd fret of the flames would we be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWere we only white birds, my beloved[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhite birds on the foam of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhite birds on the foam of the sea[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo II (Sounding D major)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","C","Em","F","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}