Small Swift Birds
Small Swift Birds

Small Swift Birds easy guitar chords by Cowboy Junkies

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  • Am

  • Eaug

    5

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  • D

  • C

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  • D

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    I've 
    been 

    told 
    that 
    it's 
    just 
    the way 
    life 
    goes. 

    Once 
    the wildest 
    river 
    is 
    now 

    a 
    trickle 
    to 
    the 
    sea. 

    The 
    peak 
    we 
    risk 
    our 
    lives 
    to scale 
    be

    comes 
    dirt 
    beneath 
    our 
    feet. 

    The wisdom 
    of 
    a 
    life 
    time 
    al
    ways 

    disappears 
    untapped. 

    Paradise 
    once 
    given 
    will 

    always 
    be taken 
    back. 

    And 
    the 
    love 
    you 
    hang 
    your 
    life 
    upon 

    will start 
    to slowly 
    crack. 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    I 
    have 
    seen 
    people 
    suffocate 
    the dream. 

    For
    getting 
    to 
    turn 
    that 
    one 
    last 
    time 
    while 

    she 
    watches 
    through 
    the 
    door. 

    Focusing 
    on 
    the garbage 

    that she 
    use 
    to 
    ignore. 

    Thinking 
    she 
    looks 
    so 
    beautiful 

    but not 
    yelling 
    it 
    out 
    loud. 

    He should 
    have 
    thought 
    to 
    kiss 

    her 
    before 
    he 
    headed 
    out. 

    Just 
    for
    getting 
    how 
    fucking 
    lucky 
    you are 

    to have 
    found 
    her 
    in 
    such 
    a crowd. 

    Verse 3
    But 
    we've seen 
    a cloud 
    of 
    starlings 

    rising 
    on 
    a crisp 
    autumn 
    day. 

    We 
    were 
    handed 
    the 
    weight 
    of 
    a 
    child 

    sleeping 
    and 
    bore 
    her 
    away. 

    We've 
    tasted 
    the tears 
    that 
    fall 
    when 

    saying 
    goodbye 
    forever
    . 

    And 
    we've seen 
    the silver 
    from 
    a 
    waxing 
    moon 

    wash 
    upon 
    the shore. 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 4
    I 
    have 
    heard 
    about 
    the lives 

    of small 
    swift 
    birds. 

    They 
    dazzle 
    with 
    their 
    colour 
    and 

    their deftness 
    through 
    the 
    air. 

    Just 
    a simple 
    glimpse 
    will keep 

    you simply 
    standing 
    there. 

    Legendary 
    journeys 
    made 

    on 
    fragile 
    hollow 
    wings. 

    The 
    night 
    skies 
    rich 
    with 
    whistling 

    each 
    and 
    every 
    spring. 

    And 
    then 
    there's 
    the 
    day 
    we 
    look 
    for 
    them 

    and 
    can't 
    find 
    them anywhere. 

    Verse 5

    I've 
    been 
    told 
    that 
    it's 

    just 
    the way 
    life 
    goes. 

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