Broken bird chords by
John Cale
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Key: D minor

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
C# C# 
 
Like a broken
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
winged, like a broken bird
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
She senses everything that's near her
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
And nothing in the light
F#m F#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
of    day could see how
A A 
 
How her happiness faded

Interlude 1

away

F#m

Verse 2
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Her happiness faded away  with the night
D D 
 
A A 
 
Away with the dawn as the sea
E E 
 
faring galleon
D D 
 
The fish and the heron
E E 
 
G#m G#m 
 
E E 
 
Walking stiffly,
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
the stalker oblivion
E E 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Keep me alive in the stars at night
E E 
 
And I'll shine on you like a way
F#m F#m 
 

Verse 3
A A 
 
D D 
 
The broken wing on the bird
F#m F#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
A broken wing he didn't have to break
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
Only reading, reading the wrong signs
And thinking
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
Hell where is harm in just saying
Bm Bm 
 
Could it be  I'm just saying
A A 
 
The same thing again?
D D 
 
And, ladies and gentlemen
A A 
 
Carry me down to Hell
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
Lend me, lend me your fires
F#m F#m 
 
C# C# 
 
'Cause I'm broken winged
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
could be anything
A A 
 
Any day, any time or year or month
Bm Bm 
 
Satisfied, are you satisfied?
Now that, that you're satisfied

Outro 1

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F#m

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