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Basically, the whole song goes C G Dm7, except for intro, where it is C F. If you want to get a bit fancier,
add a lick before switching G to Dm7. It is called A* here. Anyway, listen to the song and you will get it.
So these are the chords:
C: x32010
F: 133211
G: 320033
Dm7: xx0211 (or x57565)
A*: xxxx55
[Intro]
C F
[Verse 1]
       C           G(A*) Dm7  
   She lives in this house over there
           C          G(A*) Dm7  
   Has her world outside it.
    C              G(A*) Dm7  
   Grapples with the earth with her fingers
              C   G(A*) Dm7  
   And her mouth, she's five years old.
          C         G(A*) Dm7  
   Thread worms on a string
          C        G(A*) Dm7  
   Keeps spiders in her pocket
             C           G(A*) Dm7  
   Collects fly-wings in a jar
          C            G(A*) Dm7  
   Scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line.
[Refrain]
   C      G(A*) Dm7  
   Ah ah a-ah     x4
[Verse 2]
       C              G(A*) Dm7  
   She's got one friend, he lives next door
       C              G(A*) Dm7  
   They listen to the weather
       C              G(A*) Dm7  
   He knows how many freckles she's got
         C             G(A*) Dm7  
   She scratches his beard.
         C             G(A*) Dm7  
   She's painting huge books
     C           G(A*) Dm7  
   Glues them together
        C         G(A*) Dm7  
   They saw a big raven
                     C         G(A*) Dm7  
   It glided down the sky, she touched it.
[Refrain]
   C      G(A*) Dm7  
   Ah ah a-ah     x4
[Verse 3]
     C              G(A*) Dm7  
   Today's a birthday
            C          G(A*) Dm7  
   They're smoking cigars
     C              G(A*) Dm7  
   He got a chain of flowers,
    C              G(A*) Dm7  
   Sows a bird in her knickers

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Birthday

by The Sugarcubes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Basically, the whole song goes C G Dm7, except for intro, where it is C F. If you want to get a bit fancier,

add a lick before switching G to Dm7. It is called A* here. Anyway, listen to the song and you will get it.

So these are the chords:

C: x32010

F: 133211

G: 320033

Dm7: xx0211 (or x57565)

A*: xxxx55

[Intro]

C F

[Verse 1]

C G Dm7

(A*)

She lives in this house over there

C G Dm7

(A*)

Has her world outside it.

C G Dm7

(A*)

Grapples with the earth with her fingers

C G Dm7

(A*)

And her mouth, she's five years old.

C G Dm7

(A*)

Thread worms on a string

C G Dm7

(A*)

Keeps spiders in her pocket

C G Dm7

(A*)

Collects fly-wings in a jar

C G Dm7

(A*)

Scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line.

[Refrain]

C G Dm7

(A*)

Ah ah a-ah x4

[Verse 2]

C G Dm7

(A*)

She's got one friend, he lives next door

C G Dm7

(A*)

They listen to the weather

C G Dm7

(A*)

He knows how many freckles she's got

C G Dm7

(A*)

She scratches his beard.

C G Dm7

(A*)

She's painting huge books

C G Dm7

(A*)

Glues them together

C G Dm7

(A*)

They saw a big raven

C G Dm7

(A*)

It glided down the sky, she touched it.

[Refrain]

C G Dm7

(A*)

Ah ah a-ah x4

[Verse 3]

C G Dm7

(A*)

Today's a birthday

C G Dm7

(A*)

They're smoking cigars

C G Dm7

(A*)

He got a chain of flowers,

C G Dm7

(A*)

Sows a bird in her knickers

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