The Birds of St. Marks by Jackson Browne

Tabbed using the version off of Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (the only version available, I think).

Put a capo on the first fret or tune each string down a half-step.

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COh (x32010@1)how sad they sound, the songs, the queen must sing of dying
   Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)            Am (x02210@1)          GA (320003@1)prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing
                   F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)
If she could see her mirror now
                     F (133211@1)                        GShe (320003@1)would be free of those who bow
                        FAnd (133211@1)scrape the ground beneath her feet

CSilently (x32010@1)she walks among her dying midnight roses
       Am (x02210@1)                  F (133211@1)                                           GAnd (320003@1)watches as each moment goes that never really know us
               F (133211@1)                        GAnd (320003@1)so it seems she doesn't care
                F (133211@1)                       GIf (320003@1)she has dreams of no one there
                 FWithin (133211@1)the shadows of her room

      C (x32010@1)                AmBut (x02210@1)all my frozen words agree, and say it's time to
C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)                                      GCall (320003@1)back all the birds I sent to fly behind her castle walls
             Am (x02210@1)            GAnd (320003@1)I'm weary of the nights I've seen
F (133211@1)                         CInside (x32010@1)these empty halls

Interlude

CWooden (x32010@1)lady turn and turn among my weary secrets
       F (133211@1)                                            Am (x02210@1)            GAnd (320003@1)wave within the hours past and other empty pockets
                    F (133211@1)                          GMaybe (320003@1)we've found what we have lost
                      F (133211@1)                     GWhen (320003@1)we've unwound so many crossed
                                 FEntangling (133211@1)misunderstandings

      C (x32010@1)                AmBut (x02210@1)all my frozen words agree, and say it's time to
C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)                                      GCall (320003@1)back all the birds I sent to fly behind her castle walls
             Am (x02210@1)            GAnd (320003@1)I'm weary of the nights I've seen
F (133211@1)                         CInside (x32010@1)these empty halls