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UKULELE CHORDS AND TABS

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Intro:
          
xA|----------7-------------7-------------7-5--------------------|
xE|----5-3/5-------5\3-3/5-5-----5\3-3/5---------5\3-3/5-5------|
xC|-------------------------------------------------------------|
xG|--4-----------4-------------4---------------4----------------|

Intro -x4-: G C

Verse 1:
                    Em     C 
You're such a heavy bird
                            G     C 
You'd never get far on your own
       G                         C 
You'll never have a use for your feathers
                              G     C 
While you're hopping down the road
                          Em     C 
You were born to walk the earth
                           G     C 
With your back against the cold
           Em
And no you never had a purpose
       C                            G     C 
Till I wore you on my back like a coat
                       G      C 
You're in your evening gloves
                           G              C 
You're off the farm taking big city drugs
                                       D
No matter how far you get, let it sink in
                C         D               G      C 
That I gave you roots and baby I gave you wings
                G                    C 
Yeah I gave you roots and I gave you wings

Verse 2:
                        Em     C 
And I showed you how to swing
                    G     C 
I showed you how to strut
          G
That's my mojo you're using
       C                   Em     C 
That's my wine getting you drunk
                     Em     C 
Was I that broke you in
                             G     C 
I got you clean, clipped and cut
         Em                   C 
You're a mule among horses, I took you
                   G     C 
When God stood you up
                         G     C 
Now tell me who could do more
                   G                 C 
Set myself on fire keeping you warm
                                          D
And now I'm off the Hook and he's on your chin
               C           D               G      C 
But I gave you roots, yeah baby I gave you wings
                G                    C 
Know I gave you roots and I gave you wings

Solo -x3-: Am C

Bridge:
                    C                     D
Now you've got your looks and your pretty things
             C                       D
a new set of chances that I wouldn't give
                 C                      D
Now if you've forgotten, I'll tell you again
                                       G      C        G      C 
That I gave you roots, baby I gave you wings

Verse 3:
                    G      C 
You're such a heavy bird
                            G      C 
You'd never get far on your own
                G     C                G     C 
Yeah I gave you roots, baby I gave you wings
                G     C                G     C 
Yeah I gave you roots, baby I gave you wings
                           Em     C 
Oh now you're such a heavy bird
                            G     C 
You'd never get far on your own
           Em    C                           G     C 
I gave you roots, gave you roots, I gave you wings
                         Em     C 
Gave you roots, gave you wings
                    G     C 
You're such a heavy bird

Outro:
   G C 
   Em C                                   
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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The Wallflowers are a roots rock band which formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band has gone through a number of personnel changes but has remained centered on Jakob Dylan. The Wallflowers have won two Grammy Awards and have released six albums:

The Wallflowers (1992)Bringing Down The Horse (1996)Breach (2000) Red Letter Days (2002)Rebel, Sweetheart (2005)Glad All Over (2012)Exit Wounds (Releasing July 2021)

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