Small Swift Birds chords by
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies

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Key: G major
Intro 1
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Am

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Eaug
Eaug

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Fm
Fm

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G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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Verse 1
D
D

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I've been
C
C

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G
G

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told that it's just the way life goes.
C
C

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G
G

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Once the wildest river is now
a trickle to the sea.
C
C

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The peak we risk our lives to scale be
G
G

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comes dirt beneath our feet.
C
C

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G
G

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The wisdom of a life time always
disappears untapped.
C
C

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G
G

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Paradise once given will
always be taken back.
Am
Am

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C
C

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And the love you hang your life upon
D
D

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will start to slowly crack.
Interlude 1
D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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Verse 2
D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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I have seen people suffocate the dream.
C
C

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Forgetting to turn that one last time while
G
G

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she watches through the door.
C
C

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Focusing on the garbage
D
D

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G
G

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that she use to ignore.
C
C

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Thinking she looks so beautiful
G
G

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but not yelling it out loud.
C
C

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He should have thought to kiss
G
G

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her before he headed out.
Am
Am

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C
C

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Just forgetting how fucking lucky you are
D
D

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to have found her in such a crowd.
Verse 3
C
C

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But we've seen a cloud of starlings
G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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rising on a crisp autumn day.
C
C

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G
G

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We were handed the weight of a child
D
D

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G
G

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sleeping and bore her away.
C
C

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G
G

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We've tasted the tears that fall when
D
D

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G
G

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saying goodbye forever.
C
C

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G
G

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And we've seen the silver from a waxing moon
D
D

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wash upon the shore.
Interlude 2
G
G

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D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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D
D

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C
C

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G
G

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Verse 4
D
D

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C
C

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I have heard about the lives
G
G

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of small swift birds.
C
C

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They dazzle with their colour and
G
G

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their deftness through the air.
C
C

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G
G

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Just a simple glimpse will keep
you simply standing there.
C
C

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Legendary journeys made
G
G

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on fragile hollow wings.
C
C

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The night skies rich with whistling
G
G

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each and every spring.
Am
Am

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C
C

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And then there's the day we look for them
D
D

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and can't find them anywhere.
Verse 5
G
G

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D
D

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I've been told that it's
C
C

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just the way life goes.

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