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