{"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":81443,"song":"King Of Birds","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548466-king-of-birds-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/81443?type=chord","rating":4.7004,"votes":40,"content":"Original chords by: ?\r\n\r\n\r\n(Play the \"D\" chord like this:   xx0235\r\nAnd play around with it, like descending on that high E string (frets->5,3,2)\r\nthrough one line of verse.)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone[/tab]\r\nA mean idea to call my own\r\nOld man don't lay so still you're not yet young\r\nThere's time to teach, point to point\r\nPoint observation, children carry reservations\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStanding on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold, leaves me cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSinger sing me a given, singer sing me a song[/tab]\r\nStanding on the shoulders of giants everybody's looking on\r\n(Old don't lay so still you're not yet young)\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStanding on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nA mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]         -->  [ch]D[/ch]\r\naway... awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyieeeeeee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am king of all I see, my kingdom for a voice[/tab]\r\nOld man don't lay so still, you're not yet young\r\nThere's time to teach, point to point\r\nPoint observation, children carry reservations\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStanding on the shoulders of giants, leaves me cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEverybody hit the ground.  Everybody hit the ground.[/tab]","plain_text":"Original chords by: ?\n\n\n(Play the \"D\" chord like this:   xx0235\nAnd play around with it, like descending on that high E string (frets->5,3,2)\nthrough one line of verse.)\n\n\nIntro:\nD\n\n\nA mean idea to call my own\nOld man don't lay so still you're not yet young\nThere's time to teach, point to point\nPoint observation, children carry reservations\n\n\n\n\nStanding on the shoulders of giants everybody's looking on\n(Old don't lay so still you're not yet young)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOld man don't lay so still, you're not yet young\nThere's time to teach, point to point\nPoint observation, children carry reservations","chords":["D","E","A","G","F#","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}