R.E.M. – Parakeet (Guitar)

 G       Bm     E
you wake up in the morning

    G        Bm      E
and fall out of your bed

G         Bm       E
mean cats eat parakeets

    D          C      B
and this one's nearly dead

    G      Bm       E
you dearly wish the wind shift

    G      Bm      E
and greasy windows slide

G    Bm      E
open for the parakeet

      D       C      B
who's colored bitter lime

Em       C
open the window

    Am             Bm   D
and lift into your dreams

Em      C
lately, baby

Am             D       B7
you can barely breathe

  G      Bm        E
a broken wrist, an accident

    G         Bm          E
you know that something's wrong

    G        Bm       E
you fold the leavings of your past

 D     C            B
no one knows you've gone

    G       Bm            E
the sunspot flares of the early

         G     Bm      E
nineties light up your wings

    G        Bm        E
and scan the shortwave radio

     D        C     B
it's tracking outer rings

Em       C
open the window

   Am          Bm   D
to lift into a dream

Em    C
baby, baby

Am            D        B7
you can start to breathe

    G    Bm       E
the tectonic dispatcher shifts

   G          Bm    E
to smooth the ocean floor

    G        Bm     E
and flattens out to warmer winds

   D          C     B
of Brisbane's sunny shore

      G       Bm      E
where buddhas tend to mending wrists

  G      Bm         E
a tea made from the leaves

   G     Bm   E
of eucalyptus fragrances

    D    C    B
and coriander seeds

Em        C
open your window

   Am          Bm   D
to lift into a dream

Em    C
baby, baby

Am               Bm    D
you can start to breathe

Em        C
open your window

    Am          Bm   D
to  lift into a dream

Em    C
baby, baby

Am            D        B7
you can start to breathe

    G       Bm     E
you wake up in the morning

   G     Bm     E
to warm Pacific breeze

      G         Bm      E
where mean cats chew on licorice

    D      C         G#m
and cannot climb the trees