Tuning:

[Chords] C Csus4 Cadd9 Am7 C/G Fmaj7 Am Gadd11 Em7 Dm E---0---0-----0-----0---0----0----0-----3------0---1---| B---1---1-----1-----1---1----1----1-----1------3---3---| G---0---0-----0-----0---0----2----2-----0------0---2---| D---2---3-----0-----2---2----3----2-----0------2---0---| A---3---3-----3-----0--------3----0-----2------2-------| E-----------------------3----1----------3------0-------| [Intro] C Csus4 C Cadd9 C x2 [Verse 1]

^CHey living ^Am7thing, ^C/Gbuy me a drink and drive me out to the air^Fmaj7port ^Am ^Gadd11 give me ^Ctwo hundred ^Am7dollars and ^C/Gsay the best thing anyone's ever ^Fmaj7said ^Am ^Gadd11

if you ^Csteal every ^Am7word from your ^C/Ggrandmother's purse and lay them out on the ^Fmaj7dash board ^Am ^Gadd11 we'll be fine...^C ^Am7 ^C/G ^Fmaj7 ^Am ^Gadd11 C Gadd11 C Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 x2 we'll be fine. Ohhh

[Verse 2]

^CHey living ^Am7thing, if ^C/Gyou're turning in I'll wake you when something ^Fmaj7changes ^Am ^Gadd11 then I'll ^Cring all the ^Am7bells ag^C/Gain and you'll spill champagne in my ^Fmaj7shoes ^Am ^Gadd11

We'll make ^Crose-coloured ^Am7smoke from ^C/Gbad horoscopes, confetti from news ^Fmaj7pages ^Am ^Gadd11 and you'll be ^Cmin^Am7e... ^C/G ^Fmaj7 ^Am ^Em7 you'll be ^Fmaj7mine.

[Chorus]

^Cand the same ^Gadd11heart at^Ctac^Fmaj7k will keep ^Em7feed^Fmaj7ing ba^Gadd11ck ^Fmaj7 ^Cright ^Gadd11under th^Ce s^Fmaj7treet skipping e^Em7very^Fmaj7 other^Gadd11 beat ^Fmaj7 ^Gadd11

^Dm(Hey living thing, let ^Amme i^Gadd11n to the wo^Fmaj7rld you live in)

[Break] Ohh C Am7 C/G Fmaj7 Am Gadd11 x2 [Verse 3]

^CHey living ^Am7thing, you've ^C/Gwaited for it for billions counting ^Fmaj7backward^Ams ^Gadd11 like a ^Cdog on a ^Am7fire e^C/Gscape, like a bird in a basem^Fmaj7ent ^Am ^Gadd11

Now re^Amlease your breath from its paper bag and no ^Em7matter what you hear if ^Fmaj7green lights should rain down tonight it means tomorrow's another ^Dmyear^Gadd11

[Chorus]

^Cand the same ^Gadd11heart at^Ctac^Fmaj7k will keep ^Em7feed^Fmaj7ing ba^Gadd11ck ^Fmaj7 ^Cright ^Gadd11under th^Ce s^Fmaj7treet skipping e^Em7very^Fmaj7 other^Gadd11 beat ^Fmaj7 ^Gadd11

^DmHey living thing, you're breathing a^Amgain you're ^Gadd11breathing agai^Fmaj7n

C Csus4 C Cadd9 C x2

^DmHey living thing, you're breathing a^Amgain you're ^Gadd11breathing agai^Fmaj7n

C Csus4 C Cadd9 C x2

^DmHey living thing, you're breathing a^Amgain you're ^Gadd11breathing agai^Fmaj7n

C Csus4 C Cadd9 C x2 [Outro] Dm Am Gadd11 Fmaj7

Paul Dempsey - Bird in a basement