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