Iron & Wine – Sing Song Bird (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

[Intro]
   C                 C
D#|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|----1---1---1---1|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|

[Verse]
   C                 C
D#|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|----1---1---1---1|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
Give me your shoulder, I'm a sing song bird,
My savior says that I'm the words

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
I map across a daylight blinding you

   C                 C
D#|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|----1---1---1---1|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
Chicken-boned and with a ten-cent bunk
Claimed Jesus spoke, though I was drunk

   F        G        C
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A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Untied my shoe and told me what to do

[Chorus]
   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Warn the boys about the dimmer rooms
That try to woo them all with their cheap perfume

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Rooms like this, a pathway to the fall

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Warn the girls about the dimmer stars
That try to woo them all with the cheap guitars

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
The morning fades the glitter on their song

[Instrumental]
   C                 C                 F        G        C
D#|-----------------|-----------------|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|----1---1---1---1|----1---1---1---1|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|  (x2)

[Chorus]
   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Warn the boys about the dimmer rooms
That try to woo them all with their cheap perfume

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
The sun don't sweat the souls that get the call

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Warn the girls about the dimmer stars
That try to woo them all with the cheap guitars

   F        G        C
D#|----1-------3----|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|----1---1---1---1|
F#|--2---2---4---4--|--0---0---0---0--|
C#|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|
G#|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
D#|-1---1---3---3---|-----3-------3---|
Dear Lord, give me the strength to shade you all