Boo Hewerdine
The Birds Are Leaving Chords
Artist: Boo Hewerdine
Song: The birds are leaving
Tabbed by: DJ
24th June 2013
From Boo's album 'Thanksgiving'
Tuning: Standard
G = 3x000x Em7 = 020030 Gmaj7/B = x20032 D/A = x00232
G(b5)= 3x002x A13sus4 = x02032 Dsus2/4 = x00030 D = xx0232
G5 = 3x003x A7sus4 = x02030 Csus2(#11)= x30032
D/F# = 2x023x Ddim/F = 1x013x G/B = x20033
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[Intro]
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
e|-------------------------|----------0---2--------0------|[x2]
B|--0------2---3---3----3--|--3----3------3--------3------|
G|--0--------------2-------|--0---------------------------|
D|-----0--------------0----|-----------------2------------|
A|-------------------------|-----2--------0--------0------|
E|--3--------------2-------|--0---------------------------|
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7
e|--------0------------------|--------------------------|
B|--0---------2---3----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|--0-------------2-------2--|--1--------1--0--------0--|
D|-----0-------------0-------|-----0--------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------2--------|
E|--3-------------2----------|--1-----------0-----------|
Gmaj7/B D2/4
e|--2-------2---0-------0--|
B|--3-----3-----3----3-----|
G|-----0-----------0-------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-----------0----------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
Spinn - ing further from the sun,
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
Here's Oc - tober in our lungs,
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Come out - side, up in the sky, the birds are leaving!
[Verse 2]
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
Clouds of instinct fill the air,
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
And what - ever brought us here,
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Come next year, will bring a - gain, the birds are leaving!
[Verse 3]
Csus2(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
Tell me that a lovers touch...
D/A Em7
...is more than nature planting seeds,
D/F# Em7 A7sus4 G
Or, what am I... to be - lieve?
[Verse 4]
G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
South of here the winter's kinder,
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
So they leave to find fair weather,
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
And how high our spirits rise, on their re - turning!
[Break]
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
e|-------------------------|----------0---2--------0------|[x2]
B|--0------2---3---3----3--|--3----3------3--------3------|
G|--0--------------2-------|--0---------------------------|
D|-----0--------------0----|-----------------2------------|
A|-------------------------|-----2--------0--------0------|
E|--3--------------2-------|--0---------------------------|
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7
e|--------0------------------|--------------------------|
B|--0---------2---3----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|--0-------------2-------2--|--1--------1--0--------0--|
D|-----0-------------0-------|-----0--------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------2--------|
E|--3-------------2----------|--1-----------0-----------|
Gmaj7/B D2/4
e|--2-------2---0-------0--|
B|--3-----3-----3----3-----|
G|-----0-----------0-------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-----------0----------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse 5]
Csus2(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
Tell me that a lovers touch...
D/A Em7
...is more than nature passing genes,
D/F# Em7 A7sus4 G
Or, what am I... to be - lieve?
[Verse 6]
G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
Hea - ven knows why you're not happy,
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4
And hea - ven knows why I can't make you,
G G6 G(b5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Look out - side, up in the sky, the birds are leaving!
[Coda]
G G(b5) G5 D/F# Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4 G G(b5) G5 D/F#
| / /___/ / / | The birds are leaving!
Em7 A13sus4 A7sus4 G G(b5) G5 D/F#
| / / / / | Ah-, ah, ah---!
Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B Dsus2/4 D
Ah, ah, ah---! | / / / / | / ||
