Birds And Ships

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                BIRDS AND SHIPS - Billy Bragg and Wilco
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Tabbed by: jvwald

Tuning: Open D

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intro
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    The birds are singing in your eyes today, sweet flowers blossom in your smile
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    The wind and sun are in the words you say, where might your lonesome lover be?
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    Birds may be singing in my eyes this day, sweet flowers blossom when I smile
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    But my soul is stormy and my heart blows wild, my sweetheart rides a ship on the sea
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    Though my soul is stormy and my heart blows wild, where might my lonesome lover be?
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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