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                             VALLEY OF THE BIRDS - The Stranglers
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Tabbed by: Christopher Painter


D#m               G#       
Ray decided to be silly after all,
   D#m                          G#    
He died a thousand times in the Viet war,
D#m                              G#    
So he strapped himself in and he took his chances,
F#                    G#    
Into the valley of the bird absurd,

D#m                               G#    
I don't remember what it was the old man said,
   D#m                             G#    
I know I'd tempted fate a thousand times before,
D#m                                G#    
So we strapped ourselves in and we took some chances,
F#                      G#    
And had a fight for the brother who can be,

D#m   G#    
Birdman,
                D#m      G#    
Looking for the waste land,
              D#m      G#    
Try'na get me face tanned,
                      F#
It's beautiful, we're beautiful,
                         G#
We're flying through the valley of the birds,

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------3-4-3-4-6-8-6-4-3----------3-4-3--------|
A|-6-4-6-------------------4--6-4-6-------6-4----|
E|--------------------------------------------4--|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------6-5---5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6/8---|
D|-------3-4-3-4-6-----6-------------------------|
A|-6-4-6-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

D#m                        G#  
We decided all for all and all for one,
    D#m                      G#  
And when I do I really wanna go in style,
D#m                          G#  
So without a sense of reason we explored life,
F#                           G#
Like throwing stoned into the great unknown of

D#m   G#    
Birdman,
                D#m      G#    
Looking for the waste land,
              D#m      G#    
Try'na get me face tanned,
                      F#
It's beautiful, we're beautiful,
                         G#
We're flying through the valley of the birds.

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