Andrew Bird Souverian Tab (The first chord is a C major strummed down) (Whistling bit) e---------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------| G----5---0--4---2-0---------------5---0-4^5^4--2--0-------| D-------------------3-2-0---------------------------3-2-0-| A--------------------------3------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------| (Piano Intro) e--------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------| G---------0--0^2-----------------------------------------| D-------2---------2-0---0--2-3---------------------------| A--3--3---------------3---------3-2-0-2-3----------------| E-----------------------------------------3--------------| e--------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------| G------0--0^2-----------------0--------------------------| D----2--------2-0---0-2-3---3---3-2---------2-3-2-0------| A--3--------------3--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------| e--------------------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------| D---3-2-0--------0---------------------------------------| A---------3-2--2---3-2-3---------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------| (Fingerpick this part how you see fit) Pick C lightly G C Though bells will ring church steeples catchin' fire G C And if you promise spring then I know you are a liar (Strum this part) Am C 'Cause in the spring tender grasses won't burn easily Am Em Though thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me F C Wild parsnips, they still scald my lungs G C While thistles will burn my feet F C G C And if you join our chorus you will never fear anymore F C G C So here comes the chorus, we will meet on a fatal shore F C G Souverian, souverian, the elder Oh-oh F C G Souverian, souverian the free Oh-oh F C G Souverian, souverian we felt her Oh-oh F C So very young, so very young were we (Play the whistling melody again here) Am C Birds will sing still my lover won't return to me Am Em You promise spring still my lover won't return to me F C G Wild parsnips scald my lungs and thistles are burning my C feet F C G C So here it comes the chorus, you'll never fear anymore F C G C If you join our chorus we will meet on a fatal shore F C x4 (The piano plays this occasionally) e---3-1-0------------------------------------------------| B---------3--1-0-1---------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------| F Under the elders the older get younger C The younger get over, over their elders F C (piano) And under the elders pretend that you're older now F Under the elders the older get younger C The younger get over, over the elders F C Under the elders bending your branches down Am C We who are so very young still my lover won't return to me Am Em The thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me F C G Wild parsnips they still scald my lungs while thistles C still burn my feet Tabbed by Josh C