The Bluebirds

Intro | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | G | Em | Am | C | | G | Em | Am | C | [Verso 1] G Em Let's take the bluebirds and give em the blueprints Am C To build their own motorized wings G Em 'Target 'til its all automated from the nests they've created Am C To hatching and learning to sing G Em When they open their mouths it's a strange sort of sound Am C Its mechanical melodies glued into key G Em They no longer spend a whole morning on music Am {C} And all that it cost them was the trees Interlude | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | N.C. G | Em | Am | C | [Verso 2] G Em I learned to play This Little Light of Mine Am C With the hands and the mind of a child G Em The frustration eventually faded Am C It all turns to callouses after a while G Em I struggled through Fire And Rain and The Gambler Am C Smoke on the Water and Strawberry Wine G Em But I've spent a whole lot of mornings on music Am {C} And all that it cost me was a little bit of time Interlude | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | Em B7 | G D | C | {D} | | G | Em | Am | C | [Refrão] C D 'Cause sentience isn't a sequence G C Consciousness can't be a code C D Men made of iron will twist up their wires G C Trying to soak up what I know Am C Take a match to it, watch it burn Am C You stupid animals, you never learn Am C There's a crater in the earth Am {C} Strike a match and give it back to the birds Interlude | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | N.C. G | Em | Am | C | [Verso 3] G Em I grew up living in The Sound Of Music Am C My dad played guitar on the porch G Em I've heard a whole lot of writing in a lifetime Am C But nothing like his before G Em I can recall being four feet Am C As I watched him compose each line G Em That single moment is worth more than the oceans {Am} {C} ({C}) Of copycats and capital and all of their computers combined {End-Chorus} C D 'Cause sentience isn't a sequence G C Consciousness can't be a code C D Men made of iron will twist up their wires G C Trying to soak up what I know Am C Take a match to it, watch it burn Am C You stupid animals, you never learn Am C There's a crater in the earth Am {C} Strike a match and give it back to the birds Outro | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | N.C. G | Em | Am | C | | G | Em | Am | C | | {G} ||