Feathers & Tar chords by Bryce Jardine

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Intro 1

I hear

Verse 1
Am 
every sound
F 
of his housemates lying awake
C 
Lookin' up at the ceiling
F 
Am 
F 
There's only one of Rome to be an owl
C 
Em 
G 
In the early hours of the morning
Am 
C 
G 
Am 
We all know your poem
F 
Fuel on the fire, fuel on the fire
C 
You can barely breathe
F 
Am 
If you really had a bluebird in ya
F 
He'd be soaking in gasoline
C 
Dm 
C 
G 
Drowning in gasoline
F 
Am 
From the window with the keys,
my bed to the street
G 
Reaching out to me from
C 
places I've never been
F 
Am 
Under the stars in your car
G 
Dm 
C 
But I can't leave you behind bars,
F 
Am 
F 
C 
Am 
F 
feathers and tar
G 
Am 
I don't show my face
uptown these days
F 
C 
The folks from way on high
Am 
They glare down their noses at me
F 
Em 
Am 
Son, ask your daddy as if I'm a child
G 
Am 
But I'm old enough to know
F 
who's knocking at the door
Am 
F 
C 
I   think you want to let him in
Am 
You built this house
and now it's tearing you down
F 
C 
I wish I had your thick leather skin
D 
C 
G 
When the walls are wearing thin
F 
Am 
From the window with the keys,
my bed to the street
G 
Reaching out to me from
C 
F 
places I've never been
Am 
Under the stars in your car
G 
Dm 
C 
But I can't leave you behind bars,
F 
feathers and tar
Dm 
When you've been drinking,
G 
I hate for you to stay
C 
With a mind that'll nev
F 
er come back again
Only to find I,
Am 
G 
C 
I still love you just the way you are
Dm 
The good intentions
G 
you buried beneath
C 
Travel blind in the night
F 
to catch up with me
I'm guided home
Am 
G 
by the light of your falling star
Dm 
Oh, I'm guided home
C 
by the light of your falling
G 
Am 
G 
F 
Dm 
star
F 
G 
D 
C 
F 
I can't leave you behind bars,
feathers and tar
Am 
From the window with your keys,
my bed to the street
G 
Reaching out to me from places
C 
F 
I've never been
Am 
G 
C 
Under the stars in your car
F 
Am 
From the window with your keys,
my bed to the street
G 
Reaching out to me from
C 
F 
places I'd never be
Am 
G 
Under the stars in your car
Dm 
Em 
C 
But I can't leave you behind bars,
F 
Am 
C 
Am 
C 
G 
C 
Am 
feathers and tar