The Starting Line – Birds (Ukulele)

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Direction 2007 Virgin Records Submitted by: [email protected] Key: F# Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: G#m - 466444 Bbm - x13321 Ebm - x68876 B - x24442 C# - x46664
Bb/D - x587xx
F# -   244322
G#/C - x365xx C#/F - 143xxx Verse 1:
G#m                     Bbm
  Spend the day in your bed taking medicine

G#m                        Bbm
  If that's the only thing that keeps you calm

G#m                 Bbm                   B
  Well one of these days you've gotta get up

        C# Bb/D
And get out

G#m                      Bbm 
  There is a purpose for all of my sitting here

G#m                  Bbm
  If you can't understand well you could

G#m                  Bbm
  If you could just stretch your attention span

B             C#  Ebm
Now, for this song
Refrain:
Ebm G#/C B          C#               Ebm   
  I hope  that this is what you will want

         G#/C  B            C#             Ebm
Cause my throat will be the first thing to go

      G#/C B          C#            Ebm  B   C#
And I hope  that some day I'll hear everyone say
Chorus 1:
   B               F#                           B
Is that all you've got turn it up keep it coming

      B            F#                             B
Cause I've got the words to keep the birds humming

             G#m
Well there's gotta be something

        Ebm                C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong

             G#m
Well there's gotta be something

        Ebm                C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
Interlude: G#m-Bbm (x3) B-C#-Bb/D Verse 2:
G#m                      Bbm
  Spend your life with a pen and a microphone

G#m                   Bbm
  You wrote down everything that you could

G#m                Bbm  
  In case somebody gives them a second glance

B            C#  Bb/D
Now for this long
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1) Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C#-B--C# (x3)
Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------
G|-15--16\15-13--15\13--11--10--8--10-
D|--x---x\-x--x---x\-x---x---x--x---x- (x3)
A|-13--14\13-11--13\11---9---8--6---8-
E|------------------------------------
Chorus 2:
   B(hold)
Is that all you got turn it up, keep it coming

      B         F#                              B
Cause I got the words to keep the birds humming

             G#m
Well there's gotta be something

        Ebm                C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong

             G#m
Well there's gotta be something

        Ebm                C#/F
There's gotta be something wrong
(Repeat)
           Ebm               C#/F
Oh there's gotta be, there's gotta be