I Have Heard Words - Birds of Chicago

I Have Heard Words

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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
 
D A Bm Em A
D A
 
[Verse 1]
D A
You can’t go home
Bm
There was no home …ever
Em
Get up
A
Get up get up
D A
Act like your grown
D A Bm
We can linger by the door
Em A D A
We can take a drink before the war
 
[Chorus]
D A
Come on come on come on
Bm
Rock with me babe
Bm
Slow down your heart rate
Em A
And feel the Earth turning slow
D
We can stay like this
A
for a while you know
D A
And I have heard words that don’t mean nothin
Bm
And I have said words that don’t mean nothin
Em A
Now I’m tryin' tell ya that I’m scared of something
D
I’m scared of what’s coming
A D A
I... I ... I don’t wanna use the words that don’t me nothing
Bm
Just to …keep up the cold
Em
I want you to
 
Hold me
A
Hold me
D A
Hold me babe
 
[Interlude]
 
D A Bm Em A
D A
 
[Verse 2]
D A
The sparrows fly
Bm
You cannot run
Em
Your never gonna taste
A
the clean air
D A
behind the sun
D A
So I bleed out color
Bm
From your eyes
Em
Tryin to think of
A D
different ways to paint the night sky
A
Cuz the night
A
Is the night
A
Is the night
A
Alright
 
[Chorus]
D A
Come on come on come on
Bm
Rock with me babe
Bm
Slow down your heart rate
Em A
And feel the Earth turning slow
D
We can stay like this
A
for a while you know
D A
And I have heard words that don’t mean nothin
Bm
And I have said words that don’t mean nothin
Em A
Now I’m tryin' tell ya that I’m scared of something
D
I’m scared of what’s coming
A D A
I... I ... I don’t wanna use the words that don’t me nothing
Bm
Just to …keep up the cold
Em
I want you to
 
Hold me
A
Hold me
D A
Hold me babe
 
[Outro]
D A
I don’t wanna use the words
Bm
I don’t wanna use the words
 
I don’t wanna use the words
Em
Oooo
A
Hey
D
Ooooo
A
Hey hey
A
I...
D A
Come on baby down
Bm
Come on baby down
Bm
Come on baby hold me darlin'
Em
OOOO
A
Hey
D
Oooo Hey
A D
Ohhh ooo

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