Language Of Birds chords by
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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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They say
there's an underground river
That none of us can see
And it flows through winding tunnels
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On its way to a tide-less sea
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sea

Verse 2

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And across that sea is an island

A paradise we are told

Where the toils of life are forgotten

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And they call it the Island of Souls

Verse 3

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For only a soul can go there

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A soul that's been set free

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From the confines of a working life

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To find eternity

Verse 4
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Your old man had a cage for
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D D 
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his pigeons
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D D 
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But that's really where
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D D 
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he kept his soul
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And when he watched them fly
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Em Em 
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he would see himself
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Least that's how it was told

Verse 5
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C C 
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But his soul was still trapped
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in the cage son
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C C 
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Am Am 
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While the birds they soared to the sky
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But he couldn't find his own way out
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D D 
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Least not 'til the day he died

Verse 6
D D 
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Oh, a man builds a cage
with the tools he is given
His casket is sealed with a
riveter's gun
This solitary madness
is where he is driven
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G G 
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It was him who was trapped
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in the soul cage son
F F 
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It was him that was trapped
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in the soul cage

Verse 7
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C C 
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I know that he loved you,
but he hadn't the words
He'd be easier speaking
the language of birds
For to speak of emotion,
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it just wasn't done
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F F 
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It was him who was trapped in the
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D D 
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soul cage son
F F 
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G G 
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D D 
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It was him that was trapped in the soul cage

Verse 8
D D 
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A man builds a cage
with the tools he is given
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D D 
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Em Em 
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His casket is sealed   with a
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riveter's gun
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The solitary madness is
where he is driven
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G G 
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It was him who was trapped
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in the soul cage son
F F 
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G G 
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D D 
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Dsus4 Dsus4 
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It was him that was trapped in the soul cage
D D 
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