Bright Eyes – Messenger Birds Song (Guitar)

               C           F
The kitchen is cold

                  C           F
But the coffee is warm

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And the sun's coming up

                 F
The day has just begun

                   C           F
And you're already bored.

                     C           F
Bored of cheering me up

                    C           F
Bored of calming me down

                   G
Bored of drying my eyes

                     F
But there once was a time 

                  C           F
when you were the one.

                         C           F
You were the blue of the sky

                   C           F
You came after the storm

                           G
You were the switch on the wall

                   F
In the dark of the hall

                   C           F
I'm still fumbling for

                      C           F
Cause I'm lost in the black

                     C           F
I don't know where I am.

                      G
Arms stretched out in front

                 F
I'm calling your name

                  C           F
Just as loud as I can

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I know there's words that we will never speak

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And the questions can't be answered easily

                G
But I wanted to be easy so

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... Nod your head if the plans have changed

G                         C
... Shake it, love, they stayed the same

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... Smile at me and I will stay

G                         C
... Start to cry and I'll go away

     D                     G
Just please don't leave me guessing.

               C           F
So you made me come

                 C           F
Then you sent me away

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Like a messenger bird

                 G
So I circled the earth

                  F
Blown away in the wind

               C           F
But I always returned

                     C           F
With some new little song

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Some sad story to tell

                G
Of a brief love affair

              F
With a girl I compared

               C           F
to you and she failed

                              C           F
You said you don't want me to beg

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Then you said get down on your knees

                      G
Cause you knew that I would

            F
If I do any good

                C           F
satisfying your needs.

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And I know all about those things we cannot speak

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And just so you know well they don't bother me

                     G
So you don't have to be worried, just

Am                       D 
... Nod your head if the plans have changed

G                           C
... Shake it, love, if they stayed the same

Am                  D
... Smile at me and I will stay

G                         C
... Start to cry and I'll go away

     D                    G
Just please don't keep me waiting

     Am                        D
Just ... nod your head if your mind's been changed

G                           C
... Shake it, love, if some hope remains

     Am                      D
Just ... say the word and of course I'll stay

G                           C
... Roll your eyes and I'll go away

     D                     G
Just please don't leave me guessing.

     Am                   G
Just please don't keep me waiting