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[Verse 1]
Db        Ab
I'm not a bird
      Bbm
I'm a murder of birds
Db   Ab
Shifting my shape
                 Bbm
When your tongue finds the words

[Chorus]
                Eb
Like I hate you when I
             Bbm
Love you the most
Eb       Db
Love you the most
Eb       Db  Bbm
Love you the most

[Verse 2]
     Db         Eb
This shape of a snake
          Bbm
In a defensive coil
Db         Ab
Same retracted lips
               Bbm
Of the one foolish girl

[Chorus]
               Eb
Says she hates you when she
              Bbm
Loves you the most
Eb            Db
Loves you the most
Eb
Loves you

[After chorus]
    Gb       Db Gb  B    Eb Bbm   Eb
And I’ve got demons when I, need 'em
E
Don't ask to see them
Eb                              Db
They're not supposed to be used against
    Ab    B Gb Bbm
You oh

[Verse 4]
Db
Can we build a safe house
B            Db
Far from the bitter bride
                      Ab
And we'll make a home with a brown recluse
        B            Db
And the cobra locked outside

[Verse 5]
                            Ab
For the spider we'll give a web
             B    Gb
To the cobra a lullaby
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And keeping the demons happy
         B           Gb
You make free for me to fly

[Verse 6]
        Eb              B
And the shape of home baked bread
Bbm               Db
And the girl in a turned down bed
      Eb             B
And a wick of twisted thread
         Bbm          Db
From the loving words you said
B
Birds

[Instrumental]
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Eb    Bbm    Eb    Bbm Eb Bbm Eb Bbm  Db Eb Bbm

[Verse 7]
    Db          Ab
And I think I’m alone
          Bbm      Eb
In desire for grace
  Db          Ab
Fire only shimmered
             Bbm
And I’m no longer safe

[Chorus]
Bbm
I say I hate you and I
Eb           Db
Love you the most
Bbm  Eb      Db
Love you the most
     Eb       Bbm  Eb  Bbm
Love you the most

[Verse 8]
       Db
This shape of my breast
Ab             Bbm
And a shape of my kiss
Db
Demented coil
Ab                 Bbm
With a slither and hiss

[Chorus]
Bbm
Said I hate you and I
Eb            Bbm
Love you the most
Eb            Db
Love you the most
Eb
Love you

[After chorus]
    Gb       Db     Ab     B
And I’ve got demons when I need 'em
E
Don't ask to see them
Eb                              Db
They're not supposed to be used against
    Ab
You oh

[Instrumental]
B    Gb Bbm Db   Ab   B Gb  Db

[Verse 9]
               Ab
Can we build a safe house
B            Gb
Far from the bitter bride
Db                    Ab
And we'll make a home with a brown recluse
        B     Db        Bbm
And the cobra locked outside

[Verse 10]
Db
To the spider we'll give a web
             B      Db
To the cobra a lullaby
                            Ab
And keeping the demons happy
                  Gb
You make free for me to fly

[Verse 11]
        Db              B
And the shape of home baked bread
Bbm               Db
And the girl in a turned down bed
      Eb             B
And a wick of twisted thread
         Bbm          Db
From the loving words you said
B
Birds

[Verse 12]
    Eb              B   Bbm
The shape of home baked bread
                  Db
And the girl in a turned down bed
      Eb             B
And a wick of twisted thread
         Bbm          Db
From the loving words you said
B Eb
Birds

[Instrumental 2]
B    Db    Gb  B
Db  B    Gb  B
Db    Ab    Bbm      Db    Ab    Bbm

[Outro]
Db               Ab
'Cause I’m not a bird
             Bbm  N.C.
I'm a murder of,  birds