David Gray - Birds without wings

^Fadd9Wishing that something would ^Fhappen ^C/D A ^Fadd9change in this place ^{F C/D} Cause Im ^Fadd9tearing off the fancy wrapping ^{F C/D} Find an ^Fadd9empty package ^{F C/D Fadd9}Take for a while your ^Ftrumpet from your ^C/Dlip ^Fadd9Loosen your hold, ^Floosen your ^C/Dgrip On your ^Fold ways that have ^Ffallen outta ^C/Dstep In a ^Amchanging time ^{G G2 Fadd9}Hoist a new ^Fflag ^{C/D Fadd9}Hoist a new ^Fflag ^C/D

^Fadd9Angry sun burned ^Fdown ^{C/D Fadd9}Judging us all ^{F C/D Fadd9}Guilty of neglect and ^Fdisre^C/Dspect And ^Fadd9thinking small ^{F C/D}

^Fadd9Death by bor^Fdem ^{C/D Fadd9}Death by greed ^{F C/D} If we ^Fadd9cant stop ^Fta^C/Dking ^Fadd9More than we need ^{F C/D}

^Fadd9Death by boredom, ^Fdeath by ^C/Dgreed If we ^Fadd9cant stop taking ^Fmore than we ^C/Dneed ^FWatching the pages of ^Fhistory ^C/Dbleed While we ^Amwash our hands ^{G G2 Fadd9}Hoist a new ^Fflag ^{C/D Fadd9}Hoist a new ^Fflag ^C/D

Well, a^Fadd9cross the fractured landscape ^{F C/D} I ^Fadd9see the same things ^{F C/D Fadd9}Tired ideas ^{F C/D Fadd9}Birds without wings ^{F C/D G}Bir^Fds without ^Fwings ^GBir^Fds without ^Fwings

And ^Fadd9these are just thoughts ^{F C/D} On l^Fadd9ackluster times ^{F C/D} And ^Fadd9Ive no interest ^{F C/D} In ex^Fadd9cuses you can find ^{F C/D} Like you’v^Fadd9e had a hard da^Fy ^C/D Now you’^Fadd9re to tired to car^Fe ^C/D Now you’^Fadd9re to tired to car^Fe ^C/D Oh you’^Fadd9ve had a hard da^Fy ^C/D

Well, a^Fadd9cross the fractured landscape ^{F C/D} I^Fadd9 see the same things ^{F C/D Fadd9}Tired ideas, ^Fbroken val^C/Dues ^Fadd9Many with the notion that to ^Fshare is to ^C/Dlose A ^Fadd9hollow people ^Fbound by a ^C/Dlack Of ^Fadd9imagination and ^Fto much looking ^C/Dback ^FWithout the ^Dadd4courage to give a ^Fnew thing a ^Amchance ^Fadd9Grounded by this ^Fignor^C/Dance And the ^Gcat comes ^F We’re jus^Gt b^Firds withou^Ft wings ^GBir^Fds without ^Fwings ^GBir^Fds without ^Fwings G* F F Birds