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