Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - One with the birds

Leave me a^Glone^F is all that I^C say When I have^G nothing^F in me to give a^Cway A purple martin i^Fn her ho^Guse, she holle^Crs at me Why be i^Gnhuman ^F? Why be like ^Cme ?

Like so many ^Grobins^F, like so many ^Cdoves Like so many ^Glovebirds^F with so many ^Cloves Like the songs of the ^Fbobwhite^G without any ^Cwords When we are in^Ghuma^Fn we're one with the ^Cbirds

At six in the ^Gmornin^Fg you rise from the ^Cpillow Stand steaming a^Gbove me ^F; I slumber be^Clow I'm one with the ^Fblanke^Gt laying fragrant and ^Cloose You're one with a ^Gwhipporwill^F, you're one with a ^Cgoose

Like so many ^Grobins^F, like so many ^Cdoves Like so many ^Glovebird^Fs with so many ^Cloves Like the songs of the ^Fbobwhit^Ge without any ^Cwords When we are i^Gnhuma^Fn we're one with the ^Cbirds

^DmSo tweet with ^Gme and ^Cwidely spread ^DmYour olive ^Gwings ; em^Cbrace my head ^DmFly with ^Gme 'til ^Cwe are dead And ^Fone with the ^Gbirds

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