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