Yellow Bird
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
3rd traste
[Intro]
G D6add9/F# Em C Dadd4add9 G x2
[Verse]
G D6add9/F# Em
When my time has come
C Dadd4add9 G
And the long doggone days are done
D6add9/F# Em
Like stagnent smoke in the breeze, I'll blow
C Dadd4add9 G
And I'll think of you when I go
D6add9/F# Em
I'll become a silhouette
C Dadd4add9 G
A shadow of the stars, in dust and haze
D6add9/F# Em
But you'll taste me with each cigarette
C Dadd4add9 G
And like me, you'll like the place
[Pre-Chorus]
C D G
For now you know that all my time is for you
C D G
Your words and smiles collecting in my brain
C D G
Just hold on tight, love me like I'm twenty two
C D G
When I die there won't be no more burning pain
[Chorus]
C G Em G D
When the reaper starts to grin
G D6add9/F# Em D C
When you finally leave your skin
C G Em G D
I swear it's not so grim
G
When it's over
[Verse]
G D6add9/F# Em
Life is like a yellow bird
C Dadd4add9 G
Filled with endless moral search and nothing found
D6add9/F# Em
Just like the songs I know you've heard
C Dadd4add9 G
The tunes our bodies made the sweetest sound
[Pre-Chorus]
C D G
So yeah you know that all my time is for you
C D G
Your words and smiles collecting in my brain
C D G
Just hold on tight, love me like I'm twenty two
C D G
And when I die there won't be no more burning pain
[Chorus]
C G Em G D
When the lyrics stop your heart
G D6add9/F# Em D C
Like an abstract piece of art
C G Em G D G
When begin to start to start, it over
C G Em G D
When the reaper starts to grin
G D6add9/F# Em D C
When you finally leave your skin
C G Em G D
I swear it's not so grim
G
When it's over
How to play Yellow Bird
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.