| Em C | G   | Em C | G   |

[Verse 1]
Em     C          G        D/F#
  Ever since you moved out
          Em     C      G
I've been living in the park
Em           C           G
  I'd rather talk to the wind
Em        C      G
  Than an empty apartment

Em    C            G      D/F#
And I wish I could forget
      Em      C      G
How a billion birds flew in
Em   C            G     D/F#
  My hollow dying heart
    Em           C            G
The first time I touched your arm

[Chorus]
Em                G       Am         C
Once there were a billion passenger pigeons
   C                 G                D/F#
So many flew by they darkened the sky

[Verse 2]
Em    C                 G        D/F#
  But they were clubbed and shot
Em     C          G
Netted gassed and burned
Em      C                 G    D/F#
  Until there was nothing left
    Em       C     G     D/F#
But piles of empty nests

[Chorus]
Em         G   Am       C
I can't believe how easily
  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear
 
[Verse 3]
Em    C             G   D/F#
  The park is empty now
Em     C       G
  It's so cold out
Em    C              G     D/F#
  And all the paddle boats
    Em      C       G    D/F#
Are covered up with snow

[Verse 4]
Em  C          G         D/F#
    Once again it's dark 
    Em       C           G
the electric lights snap on
Em    C                 G
  But I'm still sitting here
Em       C      G    D/F#
Drinking frozen beer

[Verse 5]
Em    C            G        D/F#
  And throwing potato chips
Em          C          G
Into to the white snow drifts
Em        C           G       D/F#
  Just in case a bird decides
   Em          C      G
To fly through here tonight

[Chorus]
Em         G   Am       C
I can't believe how easily
  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear
   Em         G   Am       C
No I can't believe how easily
  C                      G    D/F#
A billion birds can disappear