Birds Down Basements Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays554

Birds Down Basements by Ball Park Music is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, F, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro 

G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh 

verse 1 
G          C          F            Dm     C  
Birds down basements, night-time's got me beat 
G    C        F         Dm      C           F 
Into corners, I've been feeling weaker than usual 
G       C          F  Dm         C 
Fill my veins with anything, oh, love 
G       C    F        Dm    C              F 
Your dilated eyes are in my mind more than usual 

 
F        Dm      Am  G 
And I'll burn my blueprints 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
F        Dm     Am  G 
And I'll salute any fool 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 

verse 2 
G      C       F          Dm       C  
Tender bending spoons are creeping in 
    G        C      F       Dm    C              F 
And all your danger seeps into my skin more than usual 
G    C        F     Dm      C  
Underneath my body, planets turn 
    G   C      F        Dm        C         F 
And I decipher all your codes and learn all about you 

 
F        Dm      Am  G 
And I'll burn my blueprints 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
F        Dm     Am  G 
And I'll salute any fool 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 

Outro 
G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante