Chords for Starlings
Tempo:
151.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
[D] [C] [G]
[D]
[F]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F] [G] Riding with my family in a 58B Wheel, [A]
I can still [D] recall
How [Em] we'd drive through the valley to my [Eb]
grandmother's [D] house
[C] Every summer [D] vacation when I was small
[G] Nine days out the window at the farms and the [A] orchards
Watching the telephone poles passing by
[Bm] Sound of our motor [C] room, frightening the [G] starlings
And they'd climb through the fields to fly
My
[D] mother would grumble, those birds are a curse
[A] They would thorn [Am] in the farmer's side
[F] I couldn't help feeling [C] sad and inspired
[Bb] By their desperate belly [A] and the sweat
[D]
Oh, [Bm] say a [D] prayer for the starlings
The hot dry wind [A] heats their ragging wings
Have a thought [Em] for the starlings
[G] No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they [G] sing
Say a prayer [D] for the starlings
There's no help [Am] for them anywhere
[A] Leave some crumbs for [Em] the [G] starlings
They say that winter [D] will be cold [B] this evening
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [F] [G]
[D]
[G]
[F] She [G] was sitting on a curb [D] by the 7-Eleven
[A]
She asked if I had some [G] spare [D] change
[Em] Her skin wore that leathery limber
[D] [C] And were lighted her blue [D] eyes was wild and strange
I [G] sat down beside [Dm] her, asked her her [D] name
She [A] said, pick one you like, I need something to eat
[Bm] And her life made me think of [C] dead leaves and [D] autumn
Drifting like ghosts [G] down the [A] street
[G] Oh, is [D]
[F] the life that we celebrate [D] only a dream?
[E] A life that we serve [Am] like a god made of stone
[F] And our hearts are the [D] hunter, birds with no nest in [Bb] place
Here in [D] April, oh no
[Em] Oh, say a prayer [G] for the starlings
[D] The [A] hot dry wind heats their ragging wings
Have a [Em] thought for the starlings
[D]
No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they sing
[G] Say a prayer [C] for the [D] starlings
There's no help [A] for them anywhere
Leave some [Em] crumbs for the starlings
[G] They say winter [D] will be cold [Em] this year
[D]
[Bm] This [G] year
[C]
Oh, [G] no
[D] No,
[Dm] [Em] no
[D]
[Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[B] [F]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Not the [D] cold
[G]
[D]
[Bb]
[D] [C] [G]
[D]
[F]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F] [G] Riding with my family in a 58B Wheel, [A]
I can still [D] recall
How [Em] we'd drive through the valley to my [Eb]
grandmother's [D] house
[C] Every summer [D] vacation when I was small
[G] Nine days out the window at the farms and the [A] orchards
Watching the telephone poles passing by
[Bm] Sound of our motor [C] room, frightening the [G] starlings
And they'd climb through the fields to fly
My
[D] mother would grumble, those birds are a curse
[A] They would thorn [Am] in the farmer's side
[F] I couldn't help feeling [C] sad and inspired
[Bb] By their desperate belly [A] and the sweat
[D]
Oh, [Bm] say a [D] prayer for the starlings
The hot dry wind [A] heats their ragging wings
Have a thought [Em] for the starlings
[G] No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they [G] sing
Say a prayer [D] for the starlings
There's no help [Am] for them anywhere
[A] Leave some crumbs for [Em] the [G] starlings
They say that winter [D] will be cold [B] this evening
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [F] [G]
[D]
[G]
[F] She [G] was sitting on a curb [D] by the 7-Eleven
[A]
She asked if I had some [G] spare [D] change
[Em] Her skin wore that leathery limber
[D] [C] And were lighted her blue [D] eyes was wild and strange
I [G] sat down beside [Dm] her, asked her her [D] name
She [A] said, pick one you like, I need something to eat
[Bm] And her life made me think of [C] dead leaves and [D] autumn
Drifting like ghosts [G] down the [A] street
[G] Oh, is [D]
[F] the life that we celebrate [D] only a dream?
[E] A life that we serve [Am] like a god made of stone
[F] And our hearts are the [D] hunter, birds with no nest in [Bb] place
Here in [D] April, oh no
[Em] Oh, say a prayer [G] for the starlings
[D] The [A] hot dry wind heats their ragging wings
Have a [Em] thought for the starlings
[D]
No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they sing
[G] Say a prayer [C] for the [D] starlings
There's no help [A] for them anywhere
Leave some [Em] crumbs for the starlings
[G] They say winter [D] will be cold [Em] this year
[D]
[Bm] This [G] year
[C]
Oh, [G] no
[D] No,
[Dm] [Em] no
[D]
[Em] [G]
[C] [G]
[B] [F]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Not the [D] cold
[G]
[D]
[Bb]
Key:
D
G
Em
A
C
D
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ Riding with my family in a 58B Wheel, [A] _
I can still [D] recall _ _
How [Em] we'd drive through the valley to my [Eb]
grandmother's [D] house
[C] Every summer _ [D] vacation when I was small _ _ _
_ _ [G] Nine days out the window at the farms and the [A] orchards
Watching the telephone poles passing by
[Bm] _ Sound of our motor [C] room, frightening the [G] starlings
And they'd climb through the fields to _ fly _
My _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ mother would grumble, those birds are a curse
[A] They would thorn [Am] in the _ farmer's side
_ [F] I couldn't help feeling [C] sad and inspired
[Bb] By their desperate belly [A] and the sweat
[D] _ _
_ _ Oh, [Bm] _ _ say a [D] prayer for the _ _ starlings _
The hot dry wind [A] heats their ragging wings
Have a thought [Em] for the _ _ starlings
[G] No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they [G] sing
Say a prayer [D] for the _ _ _ starlings
There's no help [Am] for them anywhere
[A] _ _ Leave some crumbs for [Em] the _ _ [G] starlings
They say that winter [D] will be _ cold [B] this evening
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ She [G] was sitting on a curb [D] by the 7-Eleven
_ [A]
She asked if I had some [G] spare [D] change
_ [Em] Her skin wore that _ leathery limber
[D] _ [C] And were lighted her blue [D] eyes was _ wild and _ strange
_ I [G] sat down beside [Dm] her, asked her her [D] name
She [A] said, pick one you like, I need something to eat
[Bm] And her life made me think of [C] dead leaves and [D] autumn
_ Drifting like ghosts [G] down the [A] street
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, _ _ _ _ is _ [D] _ _
[F] the life that we celebrate _ [D] only a dream?
[E] A life that we serve [Am] like a god made of stone
[F] And our hearts are the [D] hunter, _ birds with no nest in [Bb] place
Here in [D] April, _ oh _ _ no
_ [Em] Oh, _ say a prayer [G] for the _ _ starlings
[D] The [A] hot dry wind heats their ragging wings
_ Have a [Em] thought for the _ _ starlings
[D]
No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they sing
[G] _ Say a prayer [C] for the [D] _ _ starlings
_ There's no help [A] for them _ anywhere _
Leave some [Em] crumbs for the starlings
_ [G] _ _ They say winter [D] will be _ cold [Em] this _ _ year
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] This _ [G] year
_ [C] _ _
Oh, [G] no _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] No, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] no
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Not the [D] cold _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ Riding with my family in a 58B Wheel, [A] _
I can still [D] recall _ _
How [Em] we'd drive through the valley to my [Eb]
grandmother's [D] house
[C] Every summer _ [D] vacation when I was small _ _ _
_ _ [G] Nine days out the window at the farms and the [A] orchards
Watching the telephone poles passing by
[Bm] _ Sound of our motor [C] room, frightening the [G] starlings
And they'd climb through the fields to _ fly _
My _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ mother would grumble, those birds are a curse
[A] They would thorn [Am] in the _ farmer's side
_ [F] I couldn't help feeling [C] sad and inspired
[Bb] By their desperate belly [A] and the sweat
[D] _ _
_ _ Oh, [Bm] _ _ say a [D] prayer for the _ _ starlings _
The hot dry wind [A] heats their ragging wings
Have a thought [Em] for the _ _ starlings
[G] No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they [G] sing
Say a prayer [D] for the _ _ _ starlings
There's no help [Am] for them anywhere
[A] _ _ Leave some crumbs for [Em] the _ _ [G] starlings
They say that winter [D] will be _ cold [B] this evening
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ She [G] was sitting on a curb [D] by the 7-Eleven
_ [A]
She asked if I had some [G] spare [D] change
_ [Em] Her skin wore that _ leathery limber
[D] _ [C] And were lighted her blue [D] eyes was _ wild and _ strange
_ I [G] sat down beside [Dm] her, asked her her [D] name
She [A] said, pick one you like, I need something to eat
[Bm] And her life made me think of [C] dead leaves and [D] autumn
_ Drifting like ghosts [G] down the [A] street
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, _ _ _ _ is _ [D] _ _
[F] the life that we celebrate _ [D] only a dream?
[E] A life that we serve [Am] like a god made of stone
[F] And our hearts are the [D] hunter, _ birds with no nest in [Bb] place
Here in [D] April, _ oh _ _ no
_ [Em] Oh, _ say a prayer [G] for the _ _ starlings
[D] The [A] hot dry wind heats their ragging wings
_ Have a [Em] thought for the _ _ starlings
[D]
No one ever listens [Bm] to the [D] songs they sing
[G] _ Say a prayer [C] for the [D] _ _ starlings
_ There's no help [A] for them _ anywhere _
Leave some [Em] crumbs for the starlings
_ [G] _ _ They say winter [D] will be _ cold [Em] this _ _ year
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] This _ [G] year
_ [C] _ _
Oh, [G] no _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] No, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] no
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Not the [D] cold _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _