{"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":144810,"song":"Little Birds","artist":"Neutral Milk Hotel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/144810-little-birds-chords-by-neutral-milk-hotel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/144810?type=chord","rating":4.73419,"votes":72,"content":"Link to the version tabbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nGr0cinaOw\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne two, one two three[/tab]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle birds born without a mother or a father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can feel their feathers forming in the running water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow there is another in the middle of my mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA hundred altogether inside of me now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle birds, little birds come into my body ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMother, they're within me every moment I'm awaking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBodies multiplying 'til they finally overtake me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPut your ears up to my mouth and you can hear them signing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPut you hand within me and you'll know what I'm feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI just want to swallow up and promise to protect them ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDaddy, come towards me, I can see his hands are shaking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPut his hands against me, he could feel their bodies breaking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPush me to the floor and put his hands up for a beating[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"I don't want to hear it anymore,\" he kept repeating[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo you really want the burning hell to come and get you? ...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe eh eh eh eh[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe eh eh eh eh eeh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe eh eh eh eeh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHhh hh hh hh hhhh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDid you see the burning hell, it took your baby brother?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDid you see how far he fell and how he made us suffer?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnother boy in town at night he took him for his lover[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd deep in sin they held each other[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I took a hammer and nearly beat his little brains in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnowing God in Heaven, no, could never, could forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I took a hammer and I nearly beat his little brains in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle boy born without a father or a mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTaken to the river and then pushed into the water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the priests are singing that the hell is getting hotter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLa la la la la[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFather, Son, and Holy Ghost, the only one to save him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the thing he loves the most but we know will betray him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFather, Son, and Holy Ghost, the only one to save him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd here beneath the water I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow the lights distort so strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd this is how I-I-I-I-III would like to leave my body[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd start again eh eh eh eeh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEh eh eh eh eh eeh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDaa da da da da daa daa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDaa daa daa da da daa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNaa na na na na na na naa naa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEh eh eh eh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAah aah aah aah aah aah aah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAaah aah aah aah aah aah aaah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAah aah aah aaah aah eey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLa na na naa naa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDee di di di di dee di[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDi di dee di di dee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDee dee di di di dee di[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDi di dee di di dee[/tab]","plain_text":"Link to the version tabbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nGr0cinaOw\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nEm Am  Am  Am  Am\nAm  Am  Am\nAm  Am  Am  Am\nAm  Am  Am  G\nF  F  G\nAm  Am  G\nF  F  G\nE  E  E\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","Em","G","F","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}