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