{"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":366679,"song":"Birds Flying Away","artist":"Mason Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556148-birds-flying-away-chords-by-mason-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/366679?type=chord","rating":4.8263,"votes":7,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning:D#,A,D,G,A#,D# just a halfstep down for the last two strings on the first string.\r\n\r\nThere are only two chords played in this song:\r\n\r\n[tab]    G#M   D#M     play chords like this. Do this 4 times\r\nD#|--x-----x---|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA#|--x-----x---|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n G|--4-----0---|------4---------0-------------------------------------------|\r\n D|--6-----1---|------6---------1-------------------------------------------|\r\n A|--6-----1---|----6---6-4---1---4-6---------------------------------------|\r\nD#|--5-----0---|--5---------0-----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                     [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nI left my country when i was nineteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\n1925[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                          [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nAnd drifted to a town on the Cuban coast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                       [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nMet a woman who became my life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]           [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nAnd oh when i saw her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]           [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDarkness fled from me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                      [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nAnd flew like a blackbird into the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nOn the day she married me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#M[/ch]    [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#M[/ch]            [ch]D#M[/ch]      [ch]G#M[/ch]    [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nI remember climbing up those shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]             [ch]D#M[/ch]       [ch]G#M[/ch]  [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nComing up under you like a lion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]        [ch]D#M[/ch]      [ch]G#M[/ch]    [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nComing down like we were dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#M[/ch]   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]         [ch]D#M[/ch]       [ch]G#M[/ch]      [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nBut now the drumbirds come for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]         [ch]D#M[/ch]       [ch]G#M[/ch]     [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nOh now the drumbirds come for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]         [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nLord give me forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]             [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nFor all that i've done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]                   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nForgive me now of the weight i bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#M[/ch]          [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDon't keep me on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#M[/ch]   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#M[/ch]   [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#M[/ch]           [ch]D#M[/ch]      [ch]G#M[/ch]    [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nI remember climbing up those shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]             [ch]D#M[/ch]       [ch]G#M[/ch]  [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nComing up under you like a lion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#M[/ch]        [ch]D#M[/ch]      [ch]G#M[/ch]    [ch]D#M[/ch]\r\nComing down like we were dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#M[/ch]\r\nDear god[/tab]\r\n\r\nGuitar Solo\r\n\r\n[tab]D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n G|---------4--3-4-6--8--8--8--8-6-4-3-6--6--6-4-3-6------------------------|\r\n D|-------6-6--6-6-6--8-----------------------------------------------------|\r\n A|--6--6-------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD#|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n G|---------4--3-4-6--8--8--8-9-8--8-9-8--9-8-6-4-3-------------------------|\r\n D|-------6-6--6-6-6--8-----------------------------------------------------|\r\n A|--6--6-------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD#|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nRepeat both in same order[/tab]\r\n\r\nBackground Guitar\r\n\r\n[tab]D#|------0-8-7-5--4---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA#|----1-------------3-3-4-3------------------------------------------------|\r\n G|--1----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\n A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| 0  open string\r","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning:D#,A,D,G,A#,D# just a halfstep down for the last two strings on the first string.\n\nThere are only two chords played in this song:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuitar Solo\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground Guitar\n\n\n\n\n| 0  open string","chords":["D","A","G","G#","D#","G#M","D#M"]}