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Standard Tuning
Band- The Wave Pictures
Album- The Airplanes At Brescia
Song- Without Feathers
2004
-Capo on 3rd fret-
[Verse]
EFurnish Ame with Bchildish Aglee, G#mwalk me hold me F#mtake me to theE  
AAmerican Bembassy and Aget me, G#msigned up and F#mdelivered where you'll haveE  
a brand new Apassport photo, Bfrom a brand new Apassport picture G#mbooth
the film with F#mteeth and hair and Eeyes,
and AI smile in the Bflash bulb, in the Aflash bulb, in the G#mflash bulb of F#mfallen love
EHope, Ahope is the Bthing with Afeathers, G#mbutterflies F#mflutter by my EwindowsideA  
it's over, Bit's over foArever, or at G#mleast until the F#mmorning
and I Eshot yAou, I Bshot straight at your Aheart,
but the G#mgun was that type with the F#mlittle flag, Ethat pops oAut
that Bpops out, that Apops out with the G#mword BANG F#mwritten on it
[Chorus]
I G#mwatched you from a distance, I Abuilt myself a day,
F#mjust for waiting, Bjust to Ahear you say
"Eyes, AI will come Bback to thAe house toG#mnighF#mt"
Eyes, AI will come Bback to thAe house toG#mnighF#mt
[Verse]
EI have just reAturned from a Bthousand year Atime trip
and I'll G#mtell you what I F#msaw, I sawE  
children Aholding hands, Bchildren Akissing in the G#mpark, and afteF#mr dark
Espinning, Aspinning, Bspinning, and in Aeverything an G#mice cold F#mwhiskeyE  
and everybody Alives foreverB, everybody Alives together and G#mdreams come F#mtrueE  
and I~ am AswimmingB, I~ aAm swimming in a G#mriver of F#mloveE  
and IA~ am pissingB, I~ Aam pissing in G#mmy swimmF#ming trunks.E  
I can only gAuess, how it Bfeels to be aAdored, G#msloop john F#mbE  
watching you Aglistening, Bhigh uApon the diving G#mboard, sloop, F#msloop
[Chorus]
I G#mwatched you from a distance, I Abuilt myself a day,
F#mjust for waiting, Bjust to Ahear you say
"Eyes, AI will come Bback to thAe house toG#mnighF#mt"
Eyes, AI will come Bback to thAe house toG#mnighF#mt
Eyes, Ayes, Byes, AI will come back to the G#mhouse F#mtonight
I believe this song is played with mostly bar chords, sometimes sliding from one to another a bit.
but whatever works for you :)

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Without Feathers

by The Wave Pictures

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

F#m

Standard Tuning

Band- The Wave Pictures

Album- The Airplanes At Brescia

Song- Without Feathers

2004

-Capo on 3rd fret-

[Verse]

E A B A G#m F#m E

Furnish me with childish glee, walk me hold me take me to the

A B A G#m F#m E

American embassy and get me, signed up and delivered where you'll have

A B A G#m

a brand new passport photo, from a brand new passport picture booth

F#m E

the film with teeth and hair and eyes,

A B A G#m F#m

and I smile in the flash bulb, in the flash bulb, in the flash bulb of fallen love

E A B A G#m F#m E A

Hope, hope is the thing with feathers, butterflies flutter by my windowside

B A G#m F#m

it's over, it's over forever, or at least until the morning

E A B A

and I shot you, I shot straight at your heart,

G#m F#m E A

but the gun was that type with the little flag, that pops out

B A G#m F#m

that pops out, that pops out with the word BANG written on it

[Chorus]

G#m A

I watched you from a distance, I built myself a day,

F#m B A

just for waiting, just to hear you say

E A B A G#m F#m

"yes, I will come back to the house tonight"

E A B A G#m F#m

yes, I will come back to the house tonight

[Verse]

E A B A

I have just returned from a thousand year time trip

G#m F#m E

and I'll tell you what I saw, I saw

A B A G#m F#m

children holding hands, children kissing in the park, and after dark

E A B A G#m F#m E

spinning, spinning, spinning, and in everything an ice cold whiskey

A B A G#m F#m E

and everybody lives forever, everybody lives together and dreams come true

A B A G#m F#m E

and I~ am swimming, I~ am swimming in a river of love

A B A G#m F#m E

and I~ am pissing, I~ am pissing in my swimming trunks.

A B A G#m F#m E

I can only guess, how it feels to be adored, sloop john b

A B A G#m F#m

watching you glistening, high upon the diving board, sloop, sloop

[Chorus]

G#m A

I watched you from a distance, I built myself a day,

F#m B A

just for waiting, just to hear you say

E A B A G#m F#m

"yes, I will come back to the house tonight"

E A B A G#m F#m

yes, I will come back to the house tonight

E A B A G#m F#m

yes, yes, yes, I will come back to the house tonight

I believe this song is played with mostly bar chords, sometimes sliding from one to another a bit.

but whatever works for you :)

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