Winter Birds Chords by Ray LaMontagne
- Key: F
- BPM: 143
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
WINTER BIRDS CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] C F ■ It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow Bb F C ■ The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow F The fallow field that will yield no more Bb F C As ■ the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor F The stream can't contain such the withering rain Bb F C And ■ from the pasture the fence it is leaning away C The clouds crack and growl Fmaj7 F Like some great cat on the prowl Fmaj7 C Crying out I am I am over and over again [Chorus] C The days grow short F Fm C As the nights grow long ■ Fm C Cmaj7 The kettle sings it's tortured song ■ Fm As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow Bb F Bb F C Cmaj7 C ■ Oh my lady Lady I am loving you now ■ ■ [Inst] [Verse] Fmaj7 The winter birds have come back again Bb ■ Here the sprightly Chickadee C Gone now is the Willow Wren Fmaj7 In passing greet each other as if old old friends Bb Fmaj7 ■ And to the voiceless trees F C It is their own they will lend Cmaj7 C ■ The days grow short Fm C As the nights grow long ■ Cmaj7 C Fm C ■ The kettle sings it's tortured song Fm As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow Bb F Bb F C ■ Oh my lady Lady I am loving you now [Chorus] F Fmaj7 F C And though all these things will ■ change [Verse] Fmaj7 The memories will remain C G7 F C G As ■ green to gold and gold to brown ■ G7 F C G7 ■ The leaves will fall to feed the ground ■ F C And in their falling make no sound Bb F ■ Oh my lady [Inst] Bb F C Lady I am loving you now [Verse] Cmaj7 C F ■ ■ I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town ■ Bb F C ■ To buy my lady a long and flowing gown C 'cause come tomorrow morning F We're off to the county fair Bb F ■ I'll find a yellow flower C And I will lace it in her hair Fm Cmaj7 Fm C Fm Bb F Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] F C Bb F C Cmaj7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] C Am F C ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]