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1901 Sung by Birdy
Words & Music by Thomas Croquet, Frederic Moulin,
Christian Mazzalai & Laurent Mazzalai
Open to suggestions. I pulled this from piano sheet music,
and it seems very accurate.
Tuning: Standard
Bpm: 135
chords:     Fsus2=  xx3011
          Gsus4/D=  xx0013
          Cadd9/D=  xx0010
             Am/G=  3x2210
              F/G=  3x3011
             Am/G=  3x2210
              Am7=  x02010
               Am=  x02210
                C=  x32010
                G=  320001
            Fmaj7=  xx3210
(On the Hey Heys, I put my pinky on & off the G, 6th string.
Her voice is very complicated, so just play around with it
as and option)
Intro: x2
Fsus2...Am...C...Am7...Fmaj7...Am7...C.... ....
Verse:
Gsus4/DCounting all different i - Amdeas, drifting awayC_____,Am7  
Cadd9/DPast and present they don't Am7matter
Now the future's sorted Cout.
Fsus2Watch her moving, el - Amliptical patterns;
Think it's Cnot what you say;
What you Am7say is way too complicated.
       Cadd9/DFor a minute, though, I Am7couldn't tell how to fall Cout.
       Fmaj7It's twenty seconds till the last Am7call,
Fmaj7Callin' hey hey hey hey____ hey_F/G__G  
Am/GLie down, Gyou know it's easy,F/G  G  
Am/GLike we did Git all summer longFmaj7_______
Fmaj7And I'll be anything you ask and Am7more___,
Going' hey hey hey hey____, F/Ghey__G_,
It's Am/Gnot a miGracle we neededF/G,G  
And Am/GNo I wouldGn't let you think soFmaj7.
Chorus:
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC___Am7___Fmaj7  
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC_____.
Verse:
       Gsus4/DGirlfriend, oh your Amgirlfriend's drifting awayC___Am7_,
Cadd9/DPast    and  present, eighteen Am7fifty-five, nine-teen - o - Cone.
Fsus2Watch them built up a ma - Amte-rial tower
Think it's Cnot gonna stay. 
Any-Am7way, I think it's overrated.
       Cadd9/DFor a minute, though, I Am7couldn't tell how to fall Cout.
       Fmaj7It's twenty seconds till the last Am7call,
Fmaj7Callin' hey hey hey hey hey____ heyF/G___G  
Am/GLie down, Gyou know it's easy,F/G  G  
Am/GLike we did Git all summer longFmaj7_______
Fmaj7And I'll be anything you ask and Am7more___,
Going hey, hey, hey____, heyF/G___,G  
It's Am/Gnot a miGracle we neededF/G,G  
And Am/Gno I wouldGn't let you think so.Fmaj7  
Chorus:
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC___Am7___Fmaj7  
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC_____.
Interlude:
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC___Am7___Fmaj7  
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC_____.
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC___Am7___Fmaj7  
Fold it, fold Am7it, fold it, fold itC_____.
Instrumenatal Outro is around the "C" chord, I think.

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1901

by Birdy

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fsus2

Gsus4/D

Cadd9/D

Am/G

F/G

Am7

Fmaj7

1901 Sung by Birdy

Words & Music by Thomas Croquet, Frederic Moulin,

Christian Mazzalai & Laurent Mazzalai

Open to suggestions. I pulled this from piano sheet music,

and it seems very accurate.

Tuning: Standard

Bpm: 135

Fsus2

chords: = xx3011

Gsus4/D

= xx0013

Cadd9/D

= xx0010

Am/G

= 3x2210

F/G

= 3x3011

Am/G

= 3x2210

Am7

= x02010

= x02210

= x32010

= 320001

Fmaj7

= xx3210

(On the Hey Heys, I put my pinky on & off the G, 6th string.

Her voice is very complicated, so just play around with it

as and option)

Intro: x2

Fsus2 Am C Am7 Fmaj7 Am7 C

...................... ....

Verse:

Gsus4/D Am C Am7

Counting all different i - deas, drifting away_____,

Cadd9/D Am7

Past and present they don't matter

Now the future's sorted out.

Fsus2 Am

Watch her moving, el - liptical patterns;

Think it's not what you say;

Am7

What you say is way too complicated.

Cadd9/D Am7 C

For a minute, though, I couldn't tell how to fall out.

Fmaj7 Am7

It's twenty seconds till the last call,

Fmaj7 F/G G

Callin' hey hey hey hey____ hey___

Am/G G F/G G

Lie down, you know it's easy,

Am/G G Fmaj7

Like we did it all summer long_______

Fmaj7 Am7

And I'll be anything you ask and more___,

F/G G

Going' hey hey hey hey____, hey___,

Am/G G F/G G

It's not a miracle we needed,

Am/G G Fmaj7

And No I wouldn't let you think so.

Chorus:

Am7 C Am7 Fmaj7

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it______

Am7 C

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it_____.

Verse:

Gsus4/D Am C Am7

Girlfriend, oh your girlfriend's drifting away____,

Cadd9/D Am7 C

Past and present, eighteen fifty-five, nine-teen - o - one.

Fsus2 Am

Watch them built up a ma - te-rial tower

Think it's not gonna stay.

Am7

Any-way, I think it's overrated.

Cadd9/D Am7 C

For a minute, though, I couldn't tell how to fall out.

Fmaj7 Am7

It's twenty seconds till the last call,

Fmaj7 F/G G

Callin' hey hey hey hey hey____ hey___

Am/G G F/G G

Lie down, you know it's easy,

Am/G G Fmaj7

Like we did it all summer long_______

Fmaj7 Am7

And I'll be anything you ask and more___,

F/G G

Going hey, hey, hey____, hey___,

Am/G G F/G G

It's not a miracle we needed,

Am/G G Fmaj7

And no I wouldn't let you think so.

Chorus:

Am7 C Am7 Fmaj7

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it______

Am7 C

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it_____.

Interlude:

Am7 C Am7 Fmaj7

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it______

Am7 C

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it_____.

Am7 C Am7 Fmaj7

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it______

Am7 C

Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it_____.

Instrumenatal Outro is around the "C" chord, I think.

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