The birds of St Marks - Jackson Browne (CD: Solo acoustic Vol. 1)

Capo I

Intro:
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |

COh (x32010@1)how sad they sound the songs the queen must sing of dying
  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)               Am/E (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)      GA (320003@1)prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing
             Dm (xx0231@1)           EmIf (022000@1)she could see her mirror now
             Dm (xx0231@1)              EmShe (022000@1)would be free of those who bow and
                              FScrape (133211@1)the ground beneath her feet

C (x32010@1)                    
Silently she walks among her dying midnight roses
Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)              Am/E (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)      GWatches (320003@1)as each moment goes that never really know us
          Dm (xx0231@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)so it seems she doesn't care
           Dm (xx0231@1)             EmIf (022000@1)she has dreams of no one there
                          FWithin (133211@1)the shadows of her room

    C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)     
But all my frozen words agree, and say it's time to
Em (022000@1)               F (133211@1)
Call back, all the birds i sent to
               GFly (320003@1)behind her castle walls, and i'm
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)Weary of the nights i've seen
  G (320003@1)              CInside (x32010@1)these empty halls

Interlude:
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |

CWooden (x32010@1)lady turn and turn among my weary secrets
    Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)                  Am/E (x02210@1)Dm (xx0231@1)       GAnd (320003@1)wave within the hours past and other empty pockets
            Dm (xx0231@1)               EmMaybe (022000@1)we've found what we have lost
             Dm (xx0231@1)          Em (022000@1)         
When we've unwound so many crossed entangling
        FMisunderstandings; (133211@1)but


    C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)     
But all my frozen words agree, and say it's time to
Em (022000@1)               F (133211@1)
Call back, all the birds i sent to
               GFly (320003@1)behind her castle walls, and i'm
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)Weary of the nights i've seen
  G (320003@1)              CInside (x32010@1)these empty halls


Coda:
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |
|C      |Am     |Fmaj7    |G     |



Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - july 2009
Email gerardkoot@hotmail.com