Misc Originals – Brian Pinkowski - Song Birds In The Razor Wire (Guitar)

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Song Birds in the Razor Wire. Brian Pinkowski Inspired by watching the joy in the hearts of South Sudanese people I found living in the slums outside my hotel in Juba. Verse 1
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Heartbeat rhythm.

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Listen to the whisk brooms.

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Young girls working.

C9           D
Sweeping red dirt.

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Bundles perched

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Atop the women's' heads.

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Boys with AKs,

C9        D
Breaks my heart.

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Boys with AKs,

C9        D
Breaks my heart.
Verse 2
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Rusted slum shacks

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Rubbish burning in the street.

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White folk show up

C9                D
Thinking they can help.

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Every building

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Wrapped up like a fortress.

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Boys with AKs,

C9        D
Breaks my heart.

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Boys with AKs,

C9        D
Breaks my heart.
Chorus
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Yet there's barefoot children laughing.

      A                 C
Doing handstands on the wall.

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Church folk singing wildly.

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and songbirds in the razor wire.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.
Verse 3
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There ain't no jobs.

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There ain't no money.

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Worn out shoes 

D   C9    D
Up on the roof.

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Everyday

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Water in the jerry cans

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Seems so hopeless

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Breaks my heart.

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Seems so hopeless

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Breaks my heart.
Chorus
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Yet there's barefoot children laughing.

      A                 C
Doing handstands on the wall.

G                   D
Church folk singing wildly.

D                    C9    D
and songbirds in the razor wire.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.
Bridge
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Life can be hard in the African streets.

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But joy is where you find it.

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Joy is where you find it.

      G                D
Yeah, joy is where you find it.

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unh, unh, unh, unh.
Chorus
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Yes there's barefoot children laughing,

      A                 C
doing handstands on the wall.

G                   D
Church folk singing wildly.

D                    C9    D
and songbirds in the razor wire.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.

G                      D
yeah, joy is where you find it.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.

G                D
Joy is where you find it.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.

G                D
Joy is where you find it.

D                C9    D
Songbirds in the razor wire.

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(humming only)
D C9 D D C9 D End slowly on D