The Starting Line
Birds
Direction
2007 Virgin Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
[G#m]Bbm [-]- [466444]x13321
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Bb/D - x587xx
[F#]G#/[-]C - [244322]x365xx
C#/F - 143xxx
Verse 1:
[G#m] Spend the day in your [Bbm]bed taking medicine
[G#m] If that's the only thing [Bbm]that keeps you calm
[G#m] Well one of these [Bbm]days you've gotta get [B]up
And get [C#]out[Bb/D]
[G#m] There is a purpose for [Bbm]all of my sitting here
[G#m] If you can't unders[Bbm]tand well you could
[G#m] If you could just s[Bbm]tretch your attention span
[B]Now, for this [C#]song[Ebm]
Refrain:
[Ebm] I [G#/C]hope [B] that this [C#]is what you will [Ebm]want
Cause my [G#/C]throat[B] will be the [C#]first thing to [Ebm]go
And I [G#/C]hope [B] that some [C#]day I'll hear [Ebm]every[B]one [C#]say
Chorus 1:
Is [B]that all you've [F#]got turn it up keep it coming[B]
Cause [B]I've got the [F#]words to keep the birds humming[B]
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Interlude: G#m-Bbm (x3) B-C#-Bb/D
Verse 2:
[G#m] Spend your life with a [Bbm]pen and a microphone
[G#m] You wrote down every[Bbm]thing that you could
[G#m] In case somebody [Bbm]gives them a second glance
[B]Now for this [C#]long[Bb/D]
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C#-B--C# (x3)
Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------
G|-15--16\15-13--15\13--11--10--8--10-
D|--x---x\-x--x---x\-x---x---x--x---x- (x3)
A|-13--14\13-11--13\11---9---8--6---8-
E|------------------------------------
Chorus 2:
B(hold)
Is that all you got turn it up, keep it coming
Cause [B]I got the [F#]words to keep the birds humming[B]
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
(Repeat)
Oh there's [Ebm]gotta be, there's [C#/F]gotta be
Birds
Direction
2007 Virgin Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
[G#m]Bbm [-]- [466444]x13321
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Bb/D - x587xx
[F#]G#/[-]C - [244322]x365xx
C#/F - 143xxx
Verse 1:
[G#m] Spend the day in your [Bbm]bed taking medicine
[G#m] If that's the only thing [Bbm]that keeps you calm
[G#m] Well one of these [Bbm]days you've gotta get [B]up
And get [C#]out[Bb/D]
[G#m] There is a purpose for [Bbm]all of my sitting here
[G#m] If you can't unders[Bbm]tand well you could
[G#m] If you could just s[Bbm]tretch your attention span
[B]Now, for this [C#]song[Ebm]
Refrain:
[Ebm] I [G#/C]hope [B] that this [C#]is what you will [Ebm]want
Cause my [G#/C]throat[B] will be the [C#]first thing to [Ebm]go
And I [G#/C]hope [B] that some [C#]day I'll hear [Ebm]every[B]one [C#]say
Chorus 1:
Is [B]that all you've [F#]got turn it up keep it coming[B]
Cause [B]I've got the [F#]words to keep the birds humming[B]
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Interlude: G#m-Bbm (x3) B-C#-Bb/D
Verse 2:
[G#m] Spend your life with a [Bbm]pen and a microphone
[G#m] You wrote down every[Bbm]thing that you could
[G#m] In case somebody [Bbm]gives them a second glance
[B]Now for this [C#]long[Bb/D]
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C#-B--C# (x3)
Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------
G|-15--16\15-13--15\13--11--10--8--10-
D|--x---x\-x--x---x\-x---x---x--x---x- (x3)
A|-13--14\13-11--13\11---9---8--6---8-
E|------------------------------------
Chorus 2:
B(hold)
Is that all you got turn it up, keep it coming
Cause [B]I got the [F#]words to keep the birds humming[B]
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
Well there's [G#m]gotta be something
There's [Ebm]gotta be something [C#/F]wrong
(Repeat)
Oh there's [Ebm]gotta be, there's [C#/F]gotta be
