Little Birds

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[Intro]
Am
One two, one two three
Em Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am G
F F G
Am Am G
F F G
E E E
[Verse 1]
Am
Little birds born without a mother or a father
Am
I can feel their feathers forming in the running water
G
Now there is another in the middle of my mouth
Em
A hundred altogether inside of me now
Am Am
Little birds, little birds come into my body ...
[Verse 2]
Am
Mother, they're within me every moment I'm awaking
Am
Bodies multiplying 'til they finally overtake me
G
Put your ears up to my mouth and you can hear them signing
Em
Put you hand within me and you'll know what I'm feeling
Am Am
I just want to swallow up and promise to protect them ...
[Verse 3]
Am
Daddy, come towards me, I can see his hands are shaking
Am
Put his hands against me, he could feel their bodies breaking
G
Push me to the floor and put his hands up for a beating
Em
"I don't want to hear it anymore," he kept repeating
Am Am
Do you really want the burning hell to come and get you? ...
[Interlude]
Am F
He eh eh eh eh
Am
He eh eh eh eh eeh
Am
He eh eh eh eeh
F E E
Hhh hh hh hh hhhh
[Verse 4]
Am Am
Did you see the burning hell, it took your baby brother?
Am Am
Did you see how far he fell and how he made us suffer?
G G
Another boy in town at night he took him for his lover
Em
And deep in sin they held each other
[Verse 5]
Am
So I took a hammer and nearly beat his little brains in
Am
Knowing God in Heaven, no, could never, could forgive him
G Em
So I took a hammer and I nearly beat his little brains in
[Verse 6]
Am
Little boy born without a father or a mother
Am
Taken to the river and then pushed into the water
G
And the priests are singing that the hell is getting hotter
Em
La la la la la
[Verse 7]
Am
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the only one to save him
Am
From the thing he loves the most but we know will betray him
Am G Em
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the only one to save him
[Outro]
Am G
And here beneath the water I can see
Em Am
How the lights distort so strange
Am G Em
And this is how I-I-I-I-III would like to leave my body
Am Am
And start again eh eh eh eeh
[Outro]
E Am
Eh eh eh eh eh eeh
Am
Daa da da da da daa daa
Am
Daa daa daa da da daa
Am
Naa na na na na na na naa naa
Am
Eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh eeh
Am
Eh eh eh eh
Am
Aah aah aah aah aah aah aah
Am
Aaah aah aah aah aah aah aaah
Am G
Aah aah aah aaah aah eey
E
La na na naa naa
Am
Dee di di di di dee di
Am
Di di dee di di dee
Am
Dee dee di di di dee di
Am
Di di dee di di dee

Little Birds chords and lyrics

Free chords for Little Birds by Neutral Milk Hotel. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Link to the version tabbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nGr0cinaOw
[Intro]
Em Am  Am  Am  Am
Am  Am  Am
Am  Am  Am  Am
Am  Am  Am  G
F  F  G
Am  Am  G
F  F  G
E  E  E
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Interlude]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Outro]
[Outro]

Little Birds Chords by Neutral Milk Hotel

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