Father John Misty – Birdie (Guitar)
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In standard Tillman fashion, this song's acoustic lead is performed on a guitar
tuned down an entire step to DGCFAD tuning, sometimes referred to as 'D Standard.'
If you've never tuned down to 'D Standard' before, this video will get you started:
Strumming pattern and exact timings of the sus4 hammer-ons etc.
can all be found by intensely studying Josh perform the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XBqVUj7fM
Chords used:
G7: x02020
G7sus4: x02030
C9: x5545x
F: 3x0003
Fsus4: 3x0013
A#7: x3535x
A#dim: x4535x
Cm: xx0231
Cm/A#: x30031
[Intro]
G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F
G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F Take off, little winged creature G7 G7sus4 It's nothing but teens in ravines C9 F Fsus4 F And antics on concrete down here G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F And are you really as free as all the great songs would have me believe? G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F Let me tell you why some day, Birdie, you're gonna envy me A#7 A#dim Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F Some dream of a world written in lines of code G7 G7sus4 C9 Well, I hope they engineer out politics, romance, and edifice F Fsus4 F Two outta three ain't bad A#7 A#dim Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F Some envision a state governed by laws of business G7 G7sus4 C9 Merger and acquisition instead of violence or nations F Fsus4 F Where do I sign up? G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F Take off, little winged creature G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F It's nothing but falling debris, strollers, and babies down here G7 G7sus4 C9 F Fsus4 F And you may be up in the sky but our paradigms are just as deep and just as wide G7 G7sus4 C9 What with all our best attempts at transcendence F Fsus4 F Something's bound to take A#7 A#dim Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F Soon, we'll live in a global culture devoid of gender or race G7 There's just one tiny line: G7sus4 C9 You're either born behind F Fsus4 F Or you're free to peek inside A#7 A#dim Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F Life as just narrative, metadata in aggregate G7 G7sus4 C9 Where the enigma of humanity's wrapped up finally F Fsus4 F That as they say is that Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F Oh, that day can't come soon enough Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F It'll be so glorious Cm Cm/A# F Fsus4 F When they finally find out what's bugging us