INTRO: Dm Am G Em X2

VERSE:

Dm--------Am-----------G---------Em 

I slipped softly through your slim fingers

Dm---------------Am-------------G------------Em 

leaving traces I embrace this feeling that lingers

Dm--------Am------G-----------Em
------------oh that lingers, that lingers 

CHORUS:

D--D/F#--------G-----------D---D/F#-----------G--------------D 

So take me far away and hold me close to your heart

---D/F#--------G----------------Em 

And do me just this little favour

-----------------Em7 

for I do, yes I do love you

Verse: (same as first)
This silence sits easy, so peacefully
liek the skin, like the skin upon your body
on your body, your body

CHORUS:

D----D/F#---------G-----------D------D/F#------G--------------D 

So take me far away and hold me close to your heart

----D/F#-------G----------------Em 

And do me jsut this little favour

-----------------Em7 

for I do, yes I do love you

BRIDGE: PALM MUTE
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs
there’s a little universe between our backs

Dm(hold)
this little universe between our backs

G(hold)-------------------------------Dm(hold) 

so beautiful and colourful I lean on that

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[Verse 1]
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White bird with a black tail,[A7sus4/6]
Eyes dark and face pale,[A7sus4/6]
You know what your future holds,[A7sus4/6]
Ov – er your [Csus2#11] side of [D/F#]the road![A7sus4/6]

[Verse 2]
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White bird with a black tail,[A7sus4/6]
You look like an open sail,[A7sus4/6]
Made me look up from my shoes,[A7sus4/6]
To show me what [Csus2#11] you stand[D/F#] to lose![A7sus4/6]

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White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird,
…With your [D/F#]face so pale,
White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird,
…W[D/F#]here’d you get that tail?
White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird, with a [D/F#]black tail!

[Verse 3]
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White feathers dipped in tar,[A7sus4/6]
It’s hard to tell how old you are,[A7sus4/6]
Wondering how much you know,[A7sus4/6]
A – bout all [Csus2#11] of us [D/F#] be – low![A7sus4/6]

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Half of you is heavenly,[A7sus4/6]
Showing off your purity,[A7sus4/6]
The rest of you is from the street,[A7sus4/6]
Like a line [Csus2#11] where they [D/F#]both meet![A7sus4/6]

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White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird,
…With your [D/F#]face so pale,
White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird,
…W[D/F#]here’d you get that tail?

White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird,
[D/F#]

…With your face so pale——,

White bird, white [Csus2#11] bird, with a [D/F#]black tail!

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