The Bird chords

Shawn Colvin

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			Intro: A (4 bars) 

Verse: 1 
A 
I might go to the mountains of Spain 
A 
And I'll see all the pretty snow, 
A        E                 D 
And I'll dream the dream I dream 
                  A    F#m 
No matter where I go 

Verse: 2 
              A 
We were still young like when we met, 
A 
And I hadn't fucked it all up yet, 
        E                    D 
And you wanted me to be with you 
       A 
Like before 

 
       D 
What I like about time is it don't ask why 
D 
What I like about love is it makes me cry 
       Bm 
What I like about the bird is she don't need 
            E       Bm 
Nothing but sky... 

Verse: 3 
      A 
And I know you tried to tell me then 
A 
No one could bear the shit I put on them 
          E                          D 
I bet you wonder why you even let me in 
            A 
Well, so do I 

Instrumental 
Em   D    A    Em    D 

Verse: 4 
       A 
In my dream I never make you pay 
A 
For all the things you did and did not say 
      E                   D 
I was ready to be good to you 
             A     F#m 
And make you stay 

Verse: 5 
        A 
And you took me to the carnival town, 
A 
And we rode the rides up and down, 
       E                          D 
And we watched the birds watch us smile, 
                   A 
And then they flew away 


       D 
What I like about time is it don't ask why 
D 
What I like about love is it makes me cry 
       Bm 
What I like about the bird is she don't need 
            E       Bm 
Nothing but sky... 

Verse: 6 
      A 
And I know you think my life's a crime 
A 
And you talk about it to your wife sometimes 
                 E 
Y'all shake your heads and sigh 
     D                  A 
Oh believe me, I shake mine. 

Outro:
Em   D    A    Em    D    A 
Em   D    A    Em    D    A