Chord/Tab song: Souverian

Andrew Bird Souverian Tab

(The first chord is a C major strummed down)

(Whistling bit)

e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G----5---0--4---2-0---------------5---0-4^5^4--2--0-------|
D-------------------3-2-0---------------------------3-2-0-|
A--------------------------3------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

(Piano Intro)

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G---------0--0^2-----------------------------------------|
D-------2---------2-0---0--2-3---------------------------|
A--3--3---------------3---------3-2-0-2-3----------------|
E-----------------------------------------3--------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G------0--0^2-----------------0--------------------------|
D----2--------2-0---0-2-3---3---3-2---------2-3-2-0------|
A--3--------------3--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D---3-2-0--------0---------------------------------------|
A---------3-2--2---3-2-3---------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

(Fingerpick this part how you see fit)
Pick C lightly G C
Though bells will ring church steeples catchin' fire
And if you promise [G]spring then I know you are a [C]liar

(Strum this part)
'Cause in the [Am]spring tender grasses won't burn [C]easily
Though thrushes [Am]sing still my lover won't [Em]return to me
Wild [F]parsnips, they still [C]scald my lungs
While [G]thistles will burn my [C]feet
And if you [F]join our [C]chorus you will [G]never fear [C]anymore
So here [F]comes the [C]chorus, we will[G] meet on a fatal[C] shore

[F]Souverian, souverian, the e[C]lder Oh-[G]oh
[F]Souverian, souverian the [C]free Oh-[G]oh
[F]Souverian, souverian we [C]felt her Oh-[G]oh
[F]So very young, so very young were [C]we

(Play the whistling melody again here)

Birds will [Am]sing still my lover won't [C]return to me
You promise [Am]spring still my lover won't [Em]return to me
Wild [F]parsnips [C]scald my lungs and [G]thistles are burning my
[C]feet
So here it [F]comes the [C]chorus, you'll [G]never fear [C]anymore
If you [F]join our [C]chorus we will [G]meet on a [C]fatal shore

F C x4

(The piano plays this occasionally)

e---3-1-0------------------------------------------------|
B---------3--1-0-1---------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

[F]Under the elders the older get younger
The [C]younger get over, over their elders
F C (piano)
And under the elders pretend that you're older now
[F]Under the elders the older get younger
The [C]younger get over, over the elders
[F]Under the elders bending your branches [C]down

We who are so very young sti[Am]ll my lover won't [C]return to me
The thrushes [Am]sing still my lover won't [Em]return to me
[F]Wild parsnips they still [C]scald my lungs while [G]thistles
still burn my [C]feet

Tabbed by Josh C