Chords by Joan's Genius 2012

This song is mostly in the key of Bb, with a few exceptions. 
For a simpler version, use the UG transpose function to go up 2 half steps (key of C).


Bb5 D5 G5 D5
I learned long ago 'bout a better way of killing birds
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
And what it means when they die in my hands
Bb5 D5 G5 D5
Like a strangled heart, it never made much sense to me
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
Why I'd need to know the best way to do that


Ab5 Eb5 Eb5 F#5
But you have to love the murderer I've become
Bb5 G5
As I'm standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing right in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
G5
Killing birds


Bb5 D5 G5 D5
I've spent my youth breaking down the walls my father built
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
Just like he did to his father before him
Bb5 D5 G5 D5
But then I had no home, so I tried to make a better one
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
It looked just like his, so I burned it down again


Ab5 Eb5 Eb5 F#5
No there ain't a long parade of idiots
Bb5 G5
As I'm standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing right in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Killing birds


Ab5 Eb5 Eb5 F#5
You don't have to love the murderer I've become


Bb5 D5 G5 D5
If I could spin a web, I would sit and wait for you
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
I wouldn't need a stone, I'd just poison you and tie you up
Bb5 D5 G5 D5
And you would be a bird, a beautiful crescent one
Bb5 D5 G5 F5
And your eyes would beg, but I'm just doing my job


Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
Bb5 G5
Standing here in front of you
G5
Killing birds