FLIGHTLESS BIRD, AMERICAN MOUTH

LEVEL 2D · 120 BPM · Iron & Wine
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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(CN.C.)I was a (D)quick, wet boy div ing too (Bm)deep for coins.

All of your (G)street light eyes wide on my (A)plas tic toys.

Then when the (D)cops closed the fair, I cut my (Bm)long ba by hair and stole me a (G)dog eared map, called for you (A)ev ’ry where.

Have I (D)found you,

(Bm)flight less bird?

(G)Jea lous,

(A)weep

ing; or (D)lost you

A (Bm)me ri can mouth.

(G)Big pill

(A)loom

ing.

(CN.C.)Now I’m a (D)fat house cat, nurs ing my (Bm)sore blunt tongue.

Watch ing the (G)warm poison rates curl through the (A)wide fence cracks.

Piss ing on (D)mag a the zine pho tos, those (Bm)fish ing by lures and thrown in the (G)cold and clean blood of Christ (A)moun tain stream.

Have I (D)found you,

(Bm)flight less bird?

(G)Ground ed,

(A)wheel

ing; or (D)lost you

A (Bm)me ri can mouth.

(G)Big pill

(A)loom

ing.

(CN.C.)Now I’m a (A)stuck

(A7sus4)go (A7)ing (D)down.

SONG INFO

Level
2 of 5
Key
D
Tempo
120 BPM
Plays
8
Chords
A A7 Bm C D G N
Category
Folk
Artist
Iron & Wine

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