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Verse 1
(D major) The landlady, his husband,
came up to town today
Since (G major) he left them both ten years ago
to serve the (D major) ministry
The dark down road of his approach
(A minor) and con (D major) stant rain was drenched
The (G major) tenant's boy said, do you do?
Then (A major) swore in (D major) French
Did you teach this little child
these curses on my soul?
We (G major) should both be shut
down in the (D major) cold
That's the way to treat a child
who cries out in the night
And a wo (G major) man who teaches
wrong (A major) from right (D major)
Oh, he's a (G major) bad old bird
And he's the (D major) living of an evil world
He's a (G major) bad old bird
There needs to (D major) live another day,
whoa
There's (A major) a place where time stands (D major) still
If (A major) you keep taking these (D major) little pink pills,
whoa
Hush your mouth, you hypocrite
It's humor, cut her deep
The (G major) tight -lipped leer of judgment
That had seen her love deser (D major) ted
just (A major) like (D major) sleep filthy words on children's lips
are better my dear spouse
than (G major) if I were to speak my
mind about (A major) this (D major) house
oh, he's a (G major) bad little bird
and he's (D major) livin' up a little low
he's (G major) a bad little bird
and he's (D major) livin' up a little low
There's (A major) a place where time stands (D major) still
You (A major) keep takin' these little (D major) pink pills
Well, (C major) (G major) on the (A minor) first floor
there were two old maids
And each one wish (G major) in' that
the (C major) other was afraid
And (A minor) next door to them
was a man so mild
Till he dropped out the (G major) head
of a (C major) visitor's child
He (F major) danced upon the bonfire
Swallowed sleeping pills like dreams
With a bottle of sweet sherry that
Everything (C major) (G major) re deems
(C major) Woah -oh, he's a (F major) battered old bird
And he's (C major) living up there
Woah -oh -oh -oh -oh
(F major) He's a battered old bird
And he's (C major) living up there
Woah -oh -oh -oh -oh
There's (G major) a place where time stands still
You keep takin' these (C major) little big pills,
whoa -whoa -whoa
And on the (A minor) second floor
is the Macintosh man
He's in his (G major) overcoats,
(C major) marrin' out of them
And then the (A minor) typewriter's
rattlin' all through the night
He's beggin' (G major) you for break (C major) fast time
He says, (F major) one day I'll throw
away all of my cares
And it is always Christmas
in a cupboard at the (C major) top of (G major) the (C major) stairs
Woah, he's a (F major) bad little bird
And he's (C major) a -living up there,
woah, woah
He's a (F major) bad little bird
And he's (C major) a -living up there, woah, woah
And (G major) there's a place where
time stands still
He'll keep takin' these
(C major) little pig pills
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa (D major)
Well, here's a boy, developed a wise
Who's gonna do big things
I (G major) guess that's what they all say
And that's how the trouble be (D major) gins
I've seen them rise and fall
through their big deals and smalls
And he (G major) better have a dream
that goes bey (A major) ond four (D major) walls
You (B minor) think he should be sent outside
playing with (A major) the traf (D major) fic
When (G major) pieces of him are already (Asus4)
scattered (A major) in the attic
Pieces (F major) of him are already
scattered in the (G major) at tic
He's a (F major) bad old bird,
and he's (C major) a -living out there
He's a (F major) bad old bird,
and he's (C major) a -living out there
There's (G major) a place where time stands still
If you keep taking these (C major) little big pills
Oh, oh (C major)
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Battered Old Bird
Elvis Costello
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