{"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":2796076,"song":"Language Of Birds","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2796076-language-of-birds-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2796076?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Intro: \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThey say there's an underground river,[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat none of us can see,\r\n\r\nAnd it flows through winding tunnels,\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nOn its way to a tide-less sea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nAnd across that sea is an island,[/tab]\r\n\r\nA paradise we are told,\r\n\r\nWhere the toils of life are forgotten,\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nAnd they call it the Island of Souls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor only a soul can go there,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA soul that's been set free,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the confines of a working life,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo find eternity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nYour old man had a cage for his pigeons,[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut that's really where he kept his soul,\r\n\r\nAnd when he watched them fly he would see himself,\r\n\r\nLeast that's how it was told.\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut his soul was still trapped in the cage son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile the birds they soared to the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't find his own way out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeast not 'til the day he died.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nOh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,[/tab]\r\n\r\nHis casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,\r\n\r\nThis solitary madness is where he is driven,\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nIt was him that was trapped in the soul cage.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nI know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words,[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe'd be easier speaking the language of birds,\r\n\r\nFor to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done,\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nIt was him that was trapped in the soul cage.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nOh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,[/tab]\r\n\r\nHis casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,\r\n\r\nThis solitary madness is where he is driven,\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nIt was him that was trapped in the soul cage.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D5[/ch]","plain_text":"Intro: \nDm G Dm G Dm G D5\n\n\n\n\nThat none of us can see,\n\nAnd it flows through winding tunnels,\n\n\n\n\nA paradise we are told,\n\nWhere the toils of life are forgotten,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut that's really where he kept his soul,\n\nAnd when he watched them fly he would see himself,\n\nLeast that's how it was told.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,\n\nThis solitary madness is where he is driven,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe'd be easier speaking the language of birds,\n\nFor to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done,\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis casket is sealed with a riveter's gun,\n\nThis solitary madness is where he is driven,\n\n\n\n\nD5","chords":["Dm","G","D5","F","A","Bb","C","D","Am"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}