Fish & Bird chords by Tom Waits

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major) They  (C major) bought a
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round  (G major) for the sail (C major) or
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And they  (F major) heard his tale  (G major) 
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Of a  (C major) world that was so far away  (F major) 
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And a song  (G major) that we'd  (C major) never  (F major) heard
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A song  (G major) of a little  (C major) bird  (F major) 
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That fell in love  (G major) with a whale
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 (C major) 

Verse 2
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He said, 'You  (C major) cannot live in
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the  (G major)  (C major) ocean'
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And she  (F major) said to him  (G major) 
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'You  (C major) never can live in the  (F major) sky'
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But the  (G major) ocean is  (C major) filled with tears  (F major) 
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 (C major) And the sea  (G major) turns in (C major) 
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to a mir (F major) ror
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There's a whale  (G major) in the
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 (C major) moon when it's clear  (F major) 
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 (C major) And a bird  (G major) on the  (C major) tide

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Verse 3

Please don't cry

Let me dry your eyes

Verse 4
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So tell  (C major) me  (G major) that you will  (C major) wait for  (F major) me
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Hold  (G major) me in your arms
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I  (C major) promise we never will  (F major) part
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 (G major) I'll never sail  (C major) back to  (F major) the  (G major) time
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But I'll always pretend  (C major) 
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you're  (F major) mine  (C major)  (F major) 
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Though I  (G major) know that  (C major) we both must part  (F major) 
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You can  (G major) live  (C major) in my heart

Verse 5

Please don't cry

Let me dry your eyes

Verse 6
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And  (C major) tell me  (G major) that you will wait  (C major) for me
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Hold me  (F major) in your  (G major) arms
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I promise  (C major) we never will  (F major) part
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 (G major) I'll never sail  (C major) back to the time  (F major) 
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But I'll al (G major) ways pretend
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 (C major) that you're  (F major) mine
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I  (G major) know that we  (C major) both must  (F major) part  (G major) 
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You  (C major) can live in my heart