Birds Sing
The Refreshments
from David Cushman, http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dcushman/guitar.html



G Em C D
G Em C D

G (320003@1)                           EmWell (022000@1)hush there'll be no more tonight
                           CYou (x32010@1)can't work and I can't fight
                  G (320003@1)      DWell (xx0232@1)that's just beautiful
G (320003@1)                            EmBut (022000@1)it's the way you hold your breath
                     CThat's (x32010@1)scarin' me to death
                 G (320003@1)   DWell (xx0232@1)that's your way, anyway, anyway


Em (022000@1)       CIf (x32010@1)everybody talks
Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)
We gotta listen to what they say

          C (x32010@1)              DThere's (xx0232@1)a picture that I'm painting
        Em (022000@1)             GAnd (320003@1)you know it won't be pretty
       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)             EmIt's (022000@1)a song I give someone else to sing
       C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) EmIt's (022000@1)a melody I stole from a bathroom wall
             C (x32010@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)it's the words I hear the birds sing
G Em C D
G Em C D

G (320003@1)                                Em"I (022000@1)don't mean to pry but it's been said
                               CThat (x32010@1)you've got Demons in your head"
              G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)I ask real casual
G (320003@1)                        EmBut (022000@1)it's the way I wear my frown
                             CThat (x32010@1)only helps to bring you down
               G (320003@1)  DWell (xx0232@1)that's my way, anyway, anyway


Em (022000@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)everybody talks
Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)
We gotta make it make some sense

          C (x32010@1)              DThere's (xx0232@1)a picture that I'm painting
        Em (022000@1)             GAnd (320003@1)you know it won't be pretty
       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)             EmIt's (022000@1)a song I give someone else to sing
       C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) EmIt's (022000@1)a melody I stole from a bathroom wall
             C (x32010@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)it's the words I hear the birds sing
G Em
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing
G Em C D
G Em C D
G Em C D

G (320003@1)                           EmWell (022000@1)hush therell be no more tonight
                           CYou (x32010@1)can't work and I can't fight
                  G (320003@1)    DWell (xx0232@1)that's just beautiful
G (320003@1)                        EmBut (022000@1)it's the way I hold my breath
                      CThat's (x32010@1)scarin' you to death
                G (320003@1)  DWell (xx0232@1)that's our way, anyway, anyway, anyway



Em (022000@1)           CWell (x32010@1)everybody talks
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)
People rarely say a word

          C (x32010@1)              DThere's (xx0232@1)a picture that I'm painting
        Em (022000@1)             GAnd (320003@1)you know it won't be pretty
       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)             EmIt's (022000@1)a song I give someone else to sing
       C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) EmIt's (022000@1)a melody I stole from a bathroom wall
             C (x32010@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)it's the words I hear the birds sing
G Em 
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing 
G Em
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing
G Em
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing
G Em
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing
G Em
C (x32010@1)              DWords (xx0232@1)I hear the birds sing