{"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":582263,"song":"Flightless Bird American Mouth","artist":"Iron & Wine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/582263-flightless-bird-american-mouth-chords-by-iron-wine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/582263?type=chord","rating":4.83468,"votes":2609,"content":"This is all very simple. The whole song follows this same pattern: Am, C, F, G.\r\nIt's on the 3rd fret, and these chords are relative to the capo.\r\nIt's 3/4 timing, like a waltz, so strum appropriately. Each chord gets exactly 4 \r\nand this does not change.\r\n\r\nFlightless Bird, American Mouth\r\nby Iron & Wine\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was a quick wet boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDiving too deep for coins[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll of your street light eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWide on my plastic toys[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when the cops closed the fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI cut my long baby hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStole me a dog-eared map[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd called for you everywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave I found you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFlightless bird, jealous, weeping[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr lost you?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAmerican mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig pill looming[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I’m a fat house cat[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNursing my sore blunt tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWatching the warm poison rats[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCurl through the wide fence cracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPissing on magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPhotos, those fishing lures[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrown in the cold and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlood of Christ mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave I found you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFlightless bird, grounded, bleeding[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr lost you?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAmerican mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nBig pill, stuck going down  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] x3 \r\n[ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"This is all very simple. The whole song follows this same pattern: Am, C, F, G.\nIt's on the 3rd fret, and these chords are relative to the capo.\nIt's 3/4 timing, like a waltz, so strum appropriately. Each chord gets exactly 4 \nand this does not change.\n\nFlightless Bird, American Mouth\nby Iron & Wine\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  F  G\nC  Am  F  G x3 \nC","chords":["Am","C","F","G"],"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]},"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]}}}