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Pretty Bird

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Eminor

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Verse 1:
EmPretty bird, pAmretty bird
B7Why you so Emstill?
EmPretty bird, pAmretty bird
B7We've been waiting on Emyou
You go Amwest for the black setting Emsun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go Amnorth, walk the good red B7road
Verse 2:
Pretty bird
There's a mirror in heaven
Pretty bird, pretty bird
There's a window on earth
You go west for the black setting sun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go north, walk the good red road
Bridge:
EmPretty BirdAm  
B7           Em
AmSome     D7pity me, yeah
Oooh     pity me, yeah
Stars    pity me 
GFor the blood of the Apretty
    The blood of the pretty
    The blood of the pretty…
EmbirdAm  
B7            Em
Verse 3:
Pretty bird, pretty bird
We're starving you still
You go west for the black setting sun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go north, walk the good red road
EmPretty bird
Chords:
Am:  01220-
Em:  000220
B7:  20212-
D7:  21200-
G:   330023
A:   55--45

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Pretty Bird

by Jenny Lewis

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Verse 1:

Em Am

Pretty bird, pretty bird

B7 Em

Why you so still?

Em Am

Pretty bird, pretty bird

B7 Em

We've been waiting on you

Am Em

You go west for the black setting sun

You go south to the white spirit world

You go east for those real green eyes

Am B7

You go north, walk the good red road

Verse 2:

Pretty bird

There's a mirror in heaven

Pretty bird, pretty bird

There's a window on earth

You go west for the black setting sun

You go south to the white spirit world

You go east for those real green eyes

You go north, walk the good red road

Bridge:

Em Am

Pretty Bird

B7 Em

Am D7

Some pity me, yeah

Oooh pity me, yeah

Stars pity me

G A

For the blood of the pretty

The blood of the pretty

The blood of the pretty…

Em Am

bird

B7 Em

Verse 3:

Pretty bird, pretty bird

We're starving you still

You go west for the black setting sun

You go south to the white spirit world

You go east for those real green eyes

You go north, walk the good red road

Pretty bird

Chords:

: 01220-

: 000220

: 20212-

: 21200-

: 330023

A: 55--45

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