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No Angel

Birdy

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

Am×
F
G
Em
C×
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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(Intro)  
Am F G 
 
Am       F                   G       Em 
Remember once the things you told me 
Am          F                 G       Em 
And how the tears ran from my eyes 
Am           F              G       Em 
They didn't fall because it hurt me 
Am     F               G       Em 
I just hate to see you cry 
Am          F                G         Em 
Sometimes I wish we could be strangers 
Am          F                 G       Em 
So I didn't have to know your pain 
Am       F                G       Em 
But if I kept myself from danger 
Am       F                   G        
This empty news would feel the same 
 
 
 
    F      C  
I ain't no angel 
    F      C  
I never was 
    F      C  
But I never hurt you 
    F      C  
It's not my fault 
    F      C         Am         F      C  
You see those egg shells, they're broken up 
    F      C              G                 Am  F G 
A million pieces, strung out across the ground 
 
 
(Break) 
Am F G 
 
 
Am      F            G      
Did you ever really love her 
Am        F                    G      
Or was it that you felt letting go 
Am               F                    G   
You should have known that you could trust her 
Am          F                  G   
But you pretend like I don't know 
 
 
 
    F      C  
I ain't no angel 
    F      C  
I never was 
    F      C  
But I never hurt you 
    F      C  
It's not my fault 
    F      C         Am         F      C  
You see those egg shells, they're broken up 
    F      C              G                 Am   
A million pieces, strung out across the ground 
 
 
 
           G                 C      F 
I want to tell you that I'm sorry 
           C               Dm 
But that's not for me to say 
                G                   Am    F 
You can have my heart, my soul, my body 
                   G              Am    Em  
If you can promise not to go away 
 
 
 
    F      C  
I ain't no angel 
    F      C  
I never was 
    F      C  
But I never hurt you 
    F      C  
It's not my fault 
    F      C         Am         F      C  
You see those egg shells, they're broken up 
    F      C              G                 Am  F  G 
A million pieces, strung out across the ground 
 
(Outro) 
Am F G 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · F · G · Em · C · Dm

Practice tip

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