The Handsome Family – Passenger Pigeons (Guitar)

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[Intro] | Em C | G | Em C | G | [Verse 1]
Em     C          G        D/F#
  Ever since you moved out

          Em     C      G
I've been living in the park

Em           C           G
  I'd rather talk to the wind

Em        C      G
  Than an empty apartment

Em    C            G      D/F#
And I wish I could forget

      Em      C      G
How a billion birds flew in

Em   C            G     D/F#
  My hollow dying heart

    Em           C            G
The first time I touched your arm
[Chorus]
Em                G       Am         C
Once there were a billion passenger pigeons

   C                 G                D/F#
So many flew by they darkened the sky
[Verse 2]
Em    C                 G        D/F#
  But they were clubbed and shot

Em     C          G
Netted gassed and burned

Em      C                 G    D/F#
  Until there was nothing left

    Em       C     G     D/F#
But piles of empty nests
[Chorus]
Em         G   Am       C
I can't believe how easily

  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear
[Verse 3]
Em    C             G   D/F#
  The park is empty now

Em     C       G
  It's so cold out

Em    C              G     D/F#
  And all the paddle boats

    Em      C       G    D/F#
Are covered up with snow
[Verse 4]
Em  C          G         D/F#
    Once again it's dark 

    Em       C           G
the electric lights snap on

Em    C                 G
  But I'm still sitting here

Em       C      G    D/F#
Drinking frozen beer
[Verse 5]
Em    C            G        D/F#
  And throwing potato chips

Em          C          G
Into to the white snow drifts

Em        C           G       D/F#
  Just in case a bird decides

   Em          C      G
To fly through here tonight
[Chorus]
Em         G   Am       C
I can't believe how easily

  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear

   Em         G   Am       C
No I can't believe how easily

  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear
[Outro] | Em C | G | Em C | G | x4