Intro
G D G D G D G D
D# C
D# C
A E G D G D
G D G D G
All nineteen birds flying fast up
D G D A E G D G D
They are dead they are not alive
G D G D G
Bad bird you flap off you beak
D G D A E G D G D
High and mighty beady bird eye
G C D# F G
Featherless me and I be all glad on my own
C D# F C#
Doggy-eyed graceless in my home
F# B
Steps in wire
E A D G D G D
High and mighty beady bird eye
A E G D G D
They're not alive
G D G D G D
They eat no love, they curl up in their hollow tree
G D A E G D G D
And leak the sap that bad birds do
A E G D G D
G C D# F G
Poison in the drops of black and white pearl
C D# F C#
On the 'leaving the cinema' girl
F# B
Steps in wire
E A D G D G D
High and mighty beady bird eye
A E G D G D
They're not alive
A E G D G D
G A A# D
Don't linger on not pure gold in your hand
G A A# D
And fly again to the end of England
B F# A E C D# A G# E
Sad birds flying through the famous London fog
G# E G# E
There is no God
A E G D G D
There is no 'alive'
A E G D G D
In my menagerie
(repeat chords x6)
G A A# D
B F# A E C D# A
Sad birds they are not alive
G# E G# E
Nineteen birds flying fast up
G# E A E G D G D
They are not alive
A E G D G D
They're not alive
A E G D G D
They're not alive
A E G D G D
A E G D G D
(chords repeat - fade out)