The Birds Are Leaving Lyrics

24th June 2013
From Boo's album 'Thanksgiving'
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7
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Spinn - ing further from the sun,
Here's Oc - tober in our lungs,
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Come out - side, up in the sky, the birds are leaving!
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Clouds of instinct fill the air,
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And what - ever brought us here,
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Come next year, will bring a - gain, the birds are leaving!
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Csus2(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
Tell me that a lovers touch...
...is more than nature planting seeds,
Or, what am I... to be - lieve?
South of here the winter's kinder,
So they leave to find fair weather,
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
And how high our spirits rise, on their re - turning!
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7
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Csus2(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
Tell me that a lovers touch...
...is more than nature passing genes,
Or, what am I... to be - lieve?
Hea - ven knows why you're not happy,
And hea - ven knows why I can't make you,
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G G6 G(B5) D/F# Ddim/F Em7 Gmaj7/B D2/4
Look out - side, up in the sky, the birds are leaving!
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| / /___/ / / | The birds are leaving!
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| / / / / | Ah-, ah, ah---!
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Ah, ah, ah---! | / / / / | / ||
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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
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D/F# = 2x023x Ddim/F = 1x013x G/B = x20033