Emiliana Torrini – Birds

Standard Tuning:

Intro: C

Verse:
C Em
Let’s stay awake and listen to the dark.
C Em
Before the birds, before they all wake up.
C G
It’s the ending of a play and soon begins another.
F E7 Am
Hear the leaves applaud the wind.

Chorus:
“Ooooooooh”
F C G A7 x 2

Verse:
C Em
See the sun come rising and white-wings start to fly.
C Em
Like strings of pearls in the firey sky.
C G
I don’t want to close my eyes, don’t want to leave the stage now,
F E7 Am
As the leaves applaud our stay.

Chorus
F C G A7 x 2

Bridge – instrumental
Am

Verse:
C Em
Lend me your wings and teach me how to fly.
C Em
Show me when it rains, the place you go to hide.
C G
And the curtains draw again and bow – another day ends.
F E7 Am
The leaves applaud the wind.

Chorus
F C G A7 – repeat to fade