Intro:
   D Em G D
   D Em A D
 
Verse 1:
D                                Em
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
                           G              D
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
                                          Em
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
                           G              D
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
 
Chorus 1:
Bm          A
Words hung above
    D           G
But never would form
Bm                A     D              Bm
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
Bm          A          D   G    
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
Bm                    A                   D
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
 
Interlude: Em Bm A D
 
Verse 2:
D                                Em
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
                        G              D
All of that goodness is going with you now
D                                Em
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
                      G              D
All of my goodness is going with you now
 
Chorus 2:
Bm       A       D              G
Dragging along, follow in your form
Bm            A            D            Bm
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
Bm          A          D     G    
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
       Bm             A                  D
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
 
Interlude:
   D Em G D
   D Em A D
 
Verse 3:
  D                                Em
I fled to the city with so much discounted
                          G           D
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
D                                     Em
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
                          G           D
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
 
Chorus 3:
      Bm              A
I was housed by your warmth
D    G
Thus transformed
        Bm           A          D         Bm
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
Bm          A          D     G    
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
       Bm             A                  D
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn