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