Too Many Birds Bill Callahan Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Tuned a whole step down Chords: (names relative to tuning) G C Am7 D7sus4 D7 D|--3---3---3---3---2--| A|--0---1---1---1---1--| F|--0---0---0---2---2--| C|--0---2---2---0---0--| G|--2---3---0----------| D|--3------------------| The whole song is this chord progression: G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 Too many birds in one tree G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 Too many birds in one tree G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 The sky is full of black and screaming leaves G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 The sky is full of black and screaming G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 And one more bird, then one more bird G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 And one last bird, and another G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 One last blackbird, without a place to land G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 One last blackbird without a place to be G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 Turns around, in hopes to find G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 The place it last knew rest G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 Oh blackbird, black rain burn G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 This is not where you last knew rest G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 You fly all night, to sleep on stone G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 That heartless rest that in the morn will be gone G C Am7 You fly all night to sleep on stone D7sus4-D7 To return to the tree with G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 Too many birds, too many birds, too many birds G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If, if you, if you could G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your heart G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your heartbeat G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your heartbeat for G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heart G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heartbeat G C Am7 D7sus4-D7 End on G.