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 ^Gspring then I know you are a ^Cliar (Strum this part) 'Cause in the ^Amspring tender grasses won't burn ^Ceasily Though thrushes ^Amsing still my lover won't ^Emreturn to me Wild ^Fparsnips, they still ^Cscald my lungs While ^Gthistles will burn my ^Cfeet And if you ^Fjoin our ^Cchorus you will ^Gnever fear ^Canymore So here ^Fcomes the ^Cchorus, we will^G meet on a fatal^C shore

^FSouverian, souverian, the e^Clder Oh-^Goh ^FSouverian, souverian the ^Cfree Oh-^Goh ^FSouverian, souverian we ^Cfelt her Oh-^Goh ^FSo very young, so very young were ^Cwe

(Play the whistling melody again here)

Birds will ^Amsing still my lover won't ^Creturn to me You promise ^Amspring still my lover won't ^Emreturn to me Wild ^Fparsnips ^Cscald my lungs and ^Gthistles are burning my ^Cfeet So here it ^Fcomes the ^Cchorus, you'll ^Gnever fear ^Canymore If you ^Fjoin our ^Cchorus we will ^Gmeet on a ^Cfatal shore

F C x4 (The piano plays this occasionally) e---3-1-0------------------------------------------------| B---------3--1-0-1---------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------|

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

We who are^Am so very young sti^Cll my lover won't return to me The thrushes ^Amsing still my lover won't ^Emreturn to me ^FWild par^Csnips they still scal^Gd my lungs while thistles still bu^Crn my feet

Tabbed by Josh C

Andrew Bird - Souverian