Birds With Broken Wings Chords - Ben Caplan

Intro

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 k**l 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:)

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Chorus

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

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B Am Em Am Em Am Em 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 k**l 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, ________________________________________________________________________________________