Chords for Father John Misty - Birdie

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Take [G] _ _ off little _ [C] winged _ _ _ [F] creature.
_ _ There's _ _ _ [C] _ nothing [G] but teens in ravines, [C] and antics on concrete [F] down _ here. _
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Are [D] you really as free as [C] all the great [F] songs would [C] have me believe?
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_ Let me tell you [G] why someday, _ _ birdie, you're [C] gonna _ _ envy _ [F] _ me. _ _
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_ [Bb] Some _ dream of [G] a world _ written [Cm] in _ lines [C] _
[F] of code. _
I [G] hope they engineer out politics, [C] romance, and edifice, two [F] out of three ain't bad. _
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_ [Bb] Some _ envision [G] a state _ governed [Cm] by laws of [Bb] _
_ [F] business. _ _ _
_ [G] Merger and acquisition [C] instead of violence.
Oh nations, [F] where do I sign up? _ _
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_ [G] Take off little _ [C] winged _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [F] There's nothing but [G] _ fallen debris, _ [C] _ _ [C] strollers, and babies [F] down here. _ _ _
_ _ _ You may [G] be up in the sky, [C] but our _ paradigms are just [F] as deep and just as _ wide.
_ _ [F] What with [G] all our best attempts, _ [C] _ _ _ transcendence, _ [F] something's bound to take. _
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[Bb] Soon we'll _ live in [G] a global _ culture _ [Cm] devoid [C] of gender [F] or race. _
There's [G] just one tiny line, you're [C] either born behind or you're [F] free to peek inside. _
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_ [Bb] Life has just merit [G] to _ _ [B] _
[Cm] metadata _ in [Bb] _
_ [F] aggregate. _ _
Where [G] the enigma of humanity's [C] wrapped up finally, that [F] as they say is that. _
_ _ _ _ Oh that [Cm] they can _ [Eb] come soon [F] _ enough. _ _
[Cm] It'll be [Eb] so _ [C] glorious _ when they _ [Eb] finally find out [F] what's _ bugging _ _ _ _ us.
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