Chords for Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth [LIVE VIDEO]

Tempo:
135.3 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

Bm

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth [LIVE VIDEO] chords
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[D] [A] And [B] this one's called Flightless Bird, American [D] Mouth.
[F#] Yeah, go figure that one out.
[D]
[G] [C#] And this is the first time I play this one too, so.
[G] I'll sing the outfit.
It's something [D]
new.
I was a quick wet boy [F#m]
[Bm] diving too deep for coins.
[E] All [G] of your street is [Em] white on [A] my knees.
And when [Bm] the cops closed the fair, [F#m]
I couldn't.
[Bm]
Baby, stole me [G] a dog.
Called [E]
for [A] you everywhere.
[D] Have I found you?
[F#m]
[Bm]
Flightless bird.
[G] Kill us.
[E] [A] We
[D] [A]
[D]
[F#m]
[E]
[Bm] American.
[G] Big
[E] [A] blue men.
[F#m]
Now I'm [D] a fat house cat.
[A] Gussing [Bm] my soil of blood.
Dumb [E] watching [G] the warm poison rats.
Curl through [A] the white fence cracks.
[D] Pissing on magazine [A]
photos.
[Bm] Those fish and lures.
Thrown in [G] the cold and green.
Blood [A] of Christ, mountain stream.
Have [D] I found you?
[F#m]
[Bm]
Flightless bird.
[G]
Grounded and
[A]
bleeding.
[D]
I've lost you.
[Bm]
American mouth.
[G] Big bell.
[A]
Stuck.
Going [D] down.
[A]
[Bm] Ooh.
[G] Ooh.
[A] Ooh.
Ooh.
[D]
[F#m] [Bm]
[E] [G]
[A]
Ooh.
[F#m]
[B] [A] [D]
[B]
[N]
Ooh.
Ooh.
Ooh.
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
Bm
13421112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
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Let's start jamming Iron & Wine - (Live Twilight Soundtrack Version) Flightless Bird, American Mouth chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - F#m, Bm, G, A, D, A, D and Bm in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 67 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 135 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Major.

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[D] _ _ _ [A] And [B] this one's called Flightless Bird, American [D] Mouth. _
_ _ [F#] Yeah, go figure that one out.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C#] And this is the first time I play this one too, so.
[G] I'll sing the outfit.
It's something [D] _
new. _ _ _ _
I was a quick _ wet _ boy [F#m] _
_ [Bm] diving too deep for _ coins. _
[E] All [G] of your _ street _ _ _ _ is [Em] white on [A] my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ knees.
And when [Bm] the cops _ closed the fair, [F#m]
I couldn't.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
Baby, _ _ _ stole me [G] a dog. _ _
_ Called _ _ [E] _
for [A] you _ everywhere. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Have I found _ _ you?
_ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ Flightless bird. _
_ _ [G] Kill _ _ us. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] We _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] American. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Big
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] blue _ _ _ _ _ men.
[F#m] _
Now I'm [D] a fat _ house _ cat.
[A] _ Gussing [Bm] my _ soil of blood.
_ Dumb _ [E] watching [G] the warm _ poison _ rats.
Curl through [A] the _ white fence _ cracks.
_ [D] Pissing on _ _ _ _ magazine _ [A] _
photos.
[Bm] Those _ fish and lures.
Thrown in [G] the _ cold and _ green.
Blood [A] of Christ, _ mountain _ _ stream. _ _
Have [D] I _ found _ you?
_ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
Flightless _ bird. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Grounded and _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _
bleeding.
_ _ _ _ [D]
I've _ lost _ you.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ American _ _ mouth.
_ _ [G] _ _ Big _ bell. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Stuck. _ _
Going _ [D] _ _ down.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ Ooh. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Ooh.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Ooh. _ _ _
_ Ooh. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Ooh.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Ooh.
Ooh.
Ooh. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was authored by Samuel Beam.

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