• Song:

    Messenger Birds Song

  • Artist:

    Bright Eyes

Capo at 2nd fret:

               C5           F5
The kitchen is cold
                  C5           F5
But the coffee is warm
                     G5     
And the sun's coming up
                 F5
The day has just begun
                   C5           F5
And you're already bored.

                     C5           F5
Bored of cheering me up
                    C5           F5
Bored of calming me down
                   G5
Bored of drying my eyes
                     F5
But there once was a time 
                  C5           F5
when you were the one.

                         C5           F5
You were the blue of the sky
                   C5           F5
You came after the storm
                           G5
You were the switch on the wall
                   F5
In the dark of the hall
                   C5           F5
I'm still fumbling for

                      C5           F5
Cause I'm lost in the black
                     C5           F5
I don't know where I am.
                      G5
Arms stretched out in front
                 F5
I'm calling your name
                  C5           F5
Just as loud as I can

  G5                                     A5
I know there's words that we will never speak
        G5                  A5            G5
And the questions can't be answered easily
                G5
But I wanted to be easy so

A5                        D5
... Nod your head if the plans have changed
G5                         C5
... Shake it, love, they stayed the same
A5                  D5
... Smile at me and I will stay
G5                         C5
... Start to cry and I'll go away
     D5                     G5
Just please don't leave me guessing.

               C5           F5
So you made me come
                 C5           F5
Then you sent me away
                 C5           F5
Like a messenger bird
                 G5
So I circled the earth
                  F5
Blown away in the wind
               C5           F5
But I always returned

                     C5           F5
With some new little song
                  C5           F5
Some sad story to tell
                G5
Of a brief love affair
              F5
With a girl I compared
               C5           F5
to you and she failed

                              C5           F5
You said you don't want me to beg
                               C5           F5
Then you said get down on your knees
                      G5
Cause you knew that I would
            F5
If I do any good
                C5           F5
satisfying your needs.

           G5                                A5
And I know all about those things we cannot speak
         G5                A5                G5
And just so you know well they don't bother me
                     G5
So you don't have to be worried, just

A5                       D5 
... Nod your head if the plans have changed
G5                           C5
... Shake it, love, if they stayed the same
A5                  D5
... Smile at me and I will stay
G5                         C5
... Start to cry and I'll go away
     D5                    G5
Just please don't keep me waiting

     A5                        D5
Just ... nod your head if your mind's been changed
G5                           C5
... Shake it, love, if some hope remains
     A5                      D5
Just ... say the word and of course I'll stay
G5                           C5
... Roll your eyes and I'll go away
     D5                     G5
Just please don't leave me guessing.
     A5                   G5
Just please don't keep me waiting

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Tabbed by Adam Alfredsson
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