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Birds You Cannot See
From the album Twilight
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
There are bFirds in the dCarkness 
who doGuse electrical fCiresC/B  
FlAmaring up in nursing homes 
and the bGedrooms of blind men
BCirds you cFannot sCee
[VERSE 2]
There are bFirds in the dCarkness 
who nGest in wooden crCutcheC/Bs
EAmye-patches and bandages, 
brGoken spinal columns,
pCots of wFithered plCants
[CHORUS]
BFirds you cannot sCee, 
fGilling every trCee, 
fGalling out of clCosets 
and pFerched on the hCands of dGying mCen
[VERSE 3]
There are bFirds in the dCarkness 
who lGead lost dogs off hCighwaysC/B  
StAmeer boats past icebergs, 
save chGildren stuck in wells
BCirds you cFannot sCee
{VERSE 4]
There are bFirds in the dCarkness 
sGeen by those with tCumorsC/B  
cAmircling common light bulbs 
with blGue feathered halos
aCnd the soFund of rCain
[CHORUS]
BFirds you cannot sCee, 
fGilling every trCee, 
fGalling out of clCosets 
and pFerched on the hCands of dGying mCen

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Birds You Cannot See

by The Handsome Family

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C/B

Birds You Cannot See

From the album Twilight

[INTRO]

[VERSE 1]

F C

There are birds in the darkness

G C C/B

who douse electrical fires

Flaring up in nursing homes

and the bedrooms of blind men

C F C

Birds you cannot see

[VERSE 2]

F C

There are birds in the darkness

G C C/B

who nest in wooden crutches

Eye-patches and bandages,

broken spinal columns,

C F C

pots of withered plants

[CHORUS]

F C

Birds you cannot see,

G C

filling every tree,

G C

falling out of closets

F C G C

and perched on the hands of dying men

[VERSE 3]

F C

There are birds in the darkness

G C C/B

who lead lost dogs off highways

Steer boats past icebergs,

save children stuck in wells

C F C

Birds you cannot see

{VERSE 4]

F C

There are birds in the darkness

G C C/B

seen by those with tumors

circling common light bulbs

with blue feathered halos

C F C

and the sound of rain

[CHORUS]

F C

Birds you cannot see,

G C

filling every tree,

G C

falling out of closets

F C G C

and perched on the hands of dying men

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