Wandering Bird

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Noah Gundersen - Wandering Bird (Fearful Bones, 2010)
Chords Based on the Gundersen Family live @ Cathedrals version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0HXXbQ7vEU).
Album Version uses Capo 2nd Fret.
[Verse 1]
Em Em G
I am the king of the sparrows
C
Of the sparrows
G D
With a broken wing
[Verse 2]
Em Em G
Oh, and I fell in love with a strong wind
C
With a strong wind
G D
And it carried me away
[Pre-Chorus]
C G
Oh, oh, oh haven't you heard
D
All of your songs
C
They're only songs
[Verse 3]
Em Em G
I am the song of the blackbird
C
Of the blackbird
G D
With the loudest voice
[Verse 4]
Em Em G
I wake the sun in the morning
C
In the morning
G D
But the darkness comes
[Pre-Chorus]
C G
Oh, haven't you heard
D
All of your songs
C
They're only songs
[Chorus]
C G D Am
Oh my wandering bird
C G D Am
Oh my wandering bird
C G D Am
Oh my wandering bird
[Bridge]
D G Am G
You climb up a mountain to swallow the ocean
D G Am C
And you drink to the bottom, oh still you thirst
D G Am G
And you're quoting the Bible as you pray to the Devil
D G C
While most of the world is asleep
[Pre-Chorus]
C G
Oh, Haven't you heard
D
All of your songs
C
They're only songs
And you're just
[Chorus]
C G D Am
Oh my wandering bird
C G D Am
Oh my wandering bird
(repeat until fade)
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* = Not entirely sure about this chord. Could possibly be either:
D Am
or

Wandering Bird chords and lyrics

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Noah Gundersen - Wandering Bird (Fearful Bones, 2010)
Chords Based on the Gundersen Family live @ Cathedrals version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0HXXbQ7vEU).
Album Version uses Capo 2nd Fret.
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Pre-Chorus]
And you're just
[Chorus]
(repeat until fade)
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* = Not entirely sure about this chord. Could possibly be either:
D or Am

Wandering Bird Chords by Noah Gundersen

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Wandering Bird Chords · Noah Gundersen