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Birds Down Basements

Ball Park Music

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
C×○○
F
Dm××○
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
 
G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh 
 
verse 1 
G          C          F            Dm     C  
Birds down basements, night-time's got me beat 
G    C        F         Dm      C           F 
Into corners, I've been feeling weaker than usual 
G       C          F  Dm         C 
Fill my veins with anything, oh, love 
G       C    F        Dm    C              F 
Your dilated eyes are in my mind more than usual 
 
 
F        Dm      Am  G 
And I'll burn my blueprints 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
F        Dm     Am  G 
And I'll salute any fool 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
 
verse 2 
G      C       F          Dm       C  
Tender bending spoons are creeping in 
    G        C      F       Dm    C              F 
And all your danger seeps into my skin more than usual 
G    C        F     Dm      C  
Underneath my body, planets turn 
    G   C      F        Dm        C         F 
And I decipher all your codes and learn all about you 
 
 
F        Dm      Am  G 
And I'll burn my blueprints 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
F        Dm     Am  G 
And I'll salute any fool 
F               C    F               C 
Just to be with you, just to be with you 
 
Outro 
G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C  
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh 
G     C      F     Dm     C      F 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

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Chord set

G · C · F · Dm · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.