A Lot Like Birds

For Shelley Unheard

A Lot Like Birds


Tom: C#m

C#m E B C#m

[Verse 1]
C#m                              E
I remember proudly stepping over glass
                          B
That you said could never cut me
   B
If I walked where you walked
   C#m
Kept my hand in your hand
  C#m
So I clung onto you

C#m                             E
I remember soundly leaping over rocks
                                   B
That you promised I would never trip on
                      C#m
If I kept my eyes up nothing would surprise us
 C#m
I always wondered how

[Chorus]
A                  C#m
You never seemed to fall
A           E            B           
You never seemed to be out of place
A               C#m
Whenever we were lost
B
You'd end up happy there anyway

[Verse 2]
C#m                           E
I remember sleeping on a tile floor
                       B
Felt the nurses gently wake me
      B
"Sir, you can come in now she's
C#m
Waiting to see you
C#m
I wish that she were well"
C#m
There were rocks in your back
                        E
There was glass in your hair
                                     B
You tried to smile but it wasn't really there
                                   C#m
You took my hand in your own, said "This feels like home"
       C#m
And you begged me to take you there

[Chorus]
A                  C#m
You never seemed to fall
A           E            B
You never seemed to be out of place
A               C#m
Whenever we were lost
B
You'd end up happy there anyway

[Bridge]
F#m     A
Saw you fading
                 E  B  A
Couldn't take it on my own
F#m   C#m
How I hate it
                A
That a heart so warm
   C#m    B
Can end up cold

[Verse 3]
C#m                                  E
I remember dreaming that this wasn't real
                           B
That you'd be there as I'm waking
                C#m
We'd both denied we were scared

[Chorus]
A                  C#m
You never seemed to fall
A           E            B
You never seemed to be out of place
A               C#m
Whenever we were lost
B               
You'd end up happy there anyway

[Chorus]
A                  C#m
You never seemed to fall
A           E            B
You never seemed to be out of place
A               C#m
Whenever we were lost
B                        G#m     A
You'd end up happy there anyway