Flightless Bird, American Mouth Chords
by Iron & Wine
Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Eb with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse1
I was a quick wet boy
C
Diving to deep for coins
Am
All of your straight blind eyes
F
Wide on my plastic toys
G
And when the cops closed the fair
C
I cut my long baby hair
Am
Stole me a dog-eared map
F
And called for you everywhere
G
Chorus
Have i found you?
C
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
Am F G
Or lost you?
C
American mouth
Am
Big bill, looming
F G
Verse 2
Now i'm a fat house cat
C
Cursing my sore blunt tongue
Am
Watching the warm poisen rats
F
Curl thorough the wide fence cracks
G
Kissing on magazine photos
C
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Am F
Blood of Christ mountain stream
G
Chorus
Have i found you?
C
Flightless bird, brown hair bleeding
Am F G
Or lost you?
C
American mouth
Am
Big bill, still going down
F G