Sting – Language Of Birds (Guitar)

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Intro: Dm G Dm G Dm G D5
D5
They say there's an underground river,
That none of us can see, And it flows through winding tunnels,
F                G           D5
On its way to a tide-less sea.

D5
And across that sea is an island,
A paradise we are told, Where the toils of life are forgotten,
F                G           D5
And they call it the Island of Souls.

Bb          C        D
For only a soul can go there,

Bb                  C    D
A soul that's been set free,

Bb                      C       D
From the confines of a working life,

F       G      D
To find eternity.

D5
Your old man had a cage for his pigeons,
But that's really where he kept his soul, And when he watched them fly he would see himself, Least that's how it was told.
         Bb        C                   D
But his soul was still trapped in the cage son,

           Bb           C           Am
While the birds they soared to the sky,

            F          G        D
But he couldn't find his own way out,

        F          G        D
Least not 'til the day he died.

D5
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,
His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun, This solitary madness is where he is driven,
        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.

        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.

D5
I know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words,
He'd be easier speaking the language of birds, For to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done,
        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.

        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.

D5
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given,
His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun, This solitary madness is where he is driven,
        F            G              D        Am
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son.

        F             G             D5
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage.
D5