Verse: Eb I was a quick wet boy Cm Diving too deep for coins Ab All of your straight blind eyes Bb Wide on my plastic toys Eb And when the cops closed the fair Cm I cut my long baby hair Ab Stole me a dog-eared map Bb And called for you everywhere Chorus: Eb Have I found you? Cm Ab Bb Flightless bird, jealous, weeping Eb Or lost you? Cm American mouth Ab Bb Big bill looming Verse: Eb Now I’m a fat house cat Cm Cursing my sore blunt tongue Ab Watching the warm poison rats Bb Curl through the wide/white fence cracks Eb Kissing on magazine photos Cm Ab Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean Bb Blood of Christ mountain stream Chorus: Eb Have I found you? Cm Ab Bb Flightless bird, brown hair bleeding Eb Or lost you? Cm American mouth Ab Bb Big bill, still going down This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
4 ukulele chords used in "Flightless Bird American Mouth" by Iron & Wine: Bb, Cm, Eb and Ab
-1 is the best if you ask me. It really suits my voice. Don’t be scared to Play Chords like Bm, Bb, B or E.. the only one you should be afraid of is Ab.. and Fmaj7.. those only exist to ruin your life
If the first is way too hard, I usually use C, Am, Fm, and G. It’s easier and it sounds good 🙂 And for the first verse, pluck the first bottom strings in this order: AEC. For the chorus, strum D DD DD DDUD. For the second verse, do a big strum down and two little strums down and keep repeating. And for the part when he sings “ooh” (haha) just do the same as the chorus.
If you want to stay on the same key as the song, go to -3 and put a capo on the third fret. It sounds sooo good.
I feel like there’s a chord missing when he says (Bb)wee (?)eeping, it goes higher, but I can’t figure out which note it is. Can anyone help?
at the very end I go
F G C
Stuck going down
I like using an Abmaj7 chord instead of Ab. It just sounds better to me.
Didn’t like how ab sounds in this, used fm instead
I use d dudu and set it to -3 for easier chords
I use the strum pattern DUU DUU 🙂
why are the lyrics wrong??
+1 is the wedding version from Twilight
Going -1 and putting a capo on the first fret is a much easier way to play for beginners ♡
i found more easy
d bm g a
For beginners, I found C, Am, F, and G were as good.
LOVE THIS!!!! It’s so good at -3