[Intro]
C Dm F C
C Dm G C
[Estrofa]
C                               
I couldn't utter my love when it
 Dm 
 counted 
I couldn't utter my love when it counted 
                           F    
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird,
          C 
 'bout it now 
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now 
                               
And I couldn't whisper when you
           Dm 
 needed it shouted 
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted 
                           F    
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird,
          C 
 'bout it now
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
[Estribillo]
Am          G 
Words hung above 
    C           F 
But never would form 
Am                G     C          
Like a cry at the final breath that
    Am 
 is drawn 
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn 
Am          G          C   Fmaj7 
Remember me love, when I'm reborn 
Am                    G        
As the shrike to your sharp and
           C 
 glorious thorn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
[Instrumental]
Dm Am G C
[Estrofa]
C                               
Had no idea on what ground I was
 Dm 
 founded 
Had no idea on what ground I was founded 
                        F         
All of that goodness is going with
     C 
 you now 
All of that goodness is going with you now 
C                             
Then when I met you my virtues
   Dm 
 uncounted 
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted 
                      F             
All of my goodness is going with you
 C 
 now
All of my goodness is going with you now
[Estribillo]
Am       G       C              F 
Dragging along, follow in your form 
Am            G            C       
Hung like the pelt of some prey you
     Am 
 had worn 
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn 
Am          G          C     Fmaj7 
Remember me love, when I'm reborn 
       Am             G        
As the shrike to your sharp and
          C 
 glorious thorn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
[Instrumental]
C Dm F C
C Dm G C
[Estrofa]
  C                            
I fled to the city with so much
    Dm 
 discounted 
I fled to the city with so much discounted 
                          F          
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you
 C 
 now 
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now 
C                                 
Back to the hedgerows where bodies
    Dm 
 are mounted 
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted 
                          F          
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you
 C 
 now
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
[Estribillo]
      Am              G 
I was housed by your warmth 
C    F 
Thus transformed 
        Am           G         
By your grounded and giving and
 C         Am 
 darkening scorn 
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn 
Am          G          C     Fmaj7 
Remember me love, when I'm reborn 
       Am             G        
As the shrike to your sharp and
          C 
 glorious thorn
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn