Birds with Broken Wings by Ben Caplan
These are Chords and Tab to this version of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6byMJHNrBQ
Im pretty sure that this is 99,9% accurate. Have fun! :)
(Intro)
Em
(Verse)
Em Am
Bring me birds with broken wings, Men with all the answers,
B Em
People who have killed,Give me incurable cancers.
Em Am
Bring me beaches slicked in oil, Give me disregard for doubt,
B Em
Street lights shine on broken Roads where no one is about.
Em Am
I want that hopeless green depression, Punishments without a cause,
B Em
Give me impotent obsession, And disregard for laws.
Em Am
I want the trees in single file, Bring the corpse of something rare,
B Em
Show me children who are sinners, Show me mounds of human hair.
(Chorus)
Am Em
I climbed up the mountain just to kill my son,
Am Em
An angel tried to stop me with a ram,
Am Em
Well he said “your mind’s infected”, But I said “you lack perspective”,
B
You gotta walk the bottom if you wanna see the top,
Em Am B Em
La da da da, La da da da, La da da da da da da da da da
Em Am B Em
La da da da, La da da da, La da da da da da da da da da
(Verse)
Em Am
Give me poison I can swim in, Water I can’t drink,
B Em
Wheels that won’t stop spinning, Teach my children not to think.
Em Am
I want the fruit that tastes like nothing, extra thumbs for every crook,
B Em
Give me lessons without questions, a mild disdain for books.
Em Am
Give me metaphors unraveled, Poetry defined,
B Em
Bring me the head of Dionysius, But please don’t spill out the wine.
Em Am
Trade the future for the present, Trade me ashes for my history,
B Em
I don’t need to look inside,I know the answer to the mystery.
(Ends with this harmonic:)
e|--12+--|
B|--12+--|
G|--12+--|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
(Chorus)
Am Em
I climbed up the mountain just to kill my son,
Am Em
An angel tried to stop me with a ram,
Am Em
Well he said “your mind’s infected”, But I said “you lack perspective”,
B
You gotta walk the bottom if you wanna see the top,
Em Am B Em
La da da da, La da da da, La da da da da da da da da da
Em Am B Em
La da da da, La da da da, La da da da da da da da da da
(Bridge)
C Em
Oh I know they call me crazy,
C Em
But there will be no turning back,
Am Em
I don’t care if things get ugly.
B
Once the word of god is spoken,
B
There’s no way to take it back,
(Solo)
e|-7----------------|-8----------------|
B|---8-------7-8----|---8-------7-8----|
G|-----9-8-9-----9--|-----9-8-9-----9--|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
e|----------7-6h7p6------------------------------|
B|-----7-------------8-7-8-7h8p7---------7-8-----|
G|-8-9----------------------------9-8-9-------9--|
D|-------9---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-7----------------|-8----------------|
B|---8-------7-8----|---8-------7-8----|
G|-----9-8-9-----9--|-----9-8-9-----9--|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|
(Ends with B-Chord)
Em Am B B
Oh La da da da da, La da da da dadi da da da da, La da da dadi da da da da da dada daaaa
(Chorus)
Am Em
I climbed up the mountain just to kill my son,
Am Em
An angel tried to stop me with a ram,
Am Em
Well he said “your mind’s infected”, But I said “you lack perspective”,
B
You gotta walk the bottom if you wanna see the top,
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Author: Marcel Domke
