Florence + The Machine – Bird Song (Guitar)

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[Verse] (a capella) Well, I didn't tell anyone but a bird flew by Saw what I'd done, he set up a nest outside and he sang about what I'd become
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He sang so loud, sang so clear

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I was afraid all the neighbours would hear

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so I invited him in just to reason with him

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I promised I wouldn't do it again

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But he sang louder and louder inside the house

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and now I couldn't get him out

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so I trapped him under a cardboard box

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and stood on him to make it stop

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I picked up the bird and above the din I said

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That's the last song you'll ever sing

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Held him down, broke his neck

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Taught him a lesson he wouldn't forget
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But in my dreams began to creep

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that old familiar tweet, tweet, tweet
[Chorus]
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I opened my mouth to scream and shout

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I waved my arms and flapped about

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but I couldn't scream and I couldn't shout

Am
Couldn't scream and I couldn't shout

  E7
I opened my mouth to scream and shout

Am
Waved my arms and flapped about

      E7
but I couldn't scream, I couldn't shout

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The song was coming from my mouth

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from my mouth

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*from my mouth

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from my mouth*

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from my mouth

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from my mouth

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*from my mouth

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from my mouth*

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from my mouth

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from my mouth

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from my mouth

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from my mouth
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