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People Help The People

Birdy

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

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Intro
 
F#       Bbmadd2  
F#add2   C# F# 
Bbmadd2  C# F# 
 
 
Verse
 
F#                               Bbm 
God knows what is hiding in that weak and drunken heart 
            Ab         Abadd4    Ab 
I guess you kissed the girls and made them cry  
      F#                  F#add4 F# 
those Hardfaced Queens of misadventure 
F#                                Bbm 
God knows what is hiding in those weak and sunken eyes 
  Ab             Abadd4 Ab 
a Fiery throng of muted angels 
       F#               F#add4  F# 
Giving love and getting nothing back 
 
 
 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
            Ab         
And if your homesick,  
                           F# 
give me your hand and i'll hold it 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
                 Ab         
And nothing will drag you down 
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain,  
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain 
       Ebm       C#m       F# 
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool 
     Ebm               F           F#         F# 
That turned, all those good hearts away 
 
 
Verse 2
 
F#                                Bbm 
God knows what is hiding, in that world of little consequence 
            Ab      Abadd4   Ab 
Behind the tears, inside the lies 
  F#              F#add4 F# 
A thousand slowly dying sunsets 
F#                                Bbm 
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts 
  Ab              Abadd4    Ab 
I guess the loneliness came knocking 
       F#               F#add4  F# 
No one needs to be alone, oh save me 
 
 
 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
            Ab         
And if your homesick,  
                           F# 
give me your hand and i'll hold it 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
                 Ab         
And nothing will drag you down 
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain,  
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain 
       Ebm       C#m       F# 
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool 
     Ebm               F           F#         F# 
That turned, all those good hearts away 
 
 
Instrumental
 
F#  Bbm  Abadd4  F# 
F#  Bbm  Abadd4  F# 
 
F#            Bbm       Abadd4      F# 
na naaa na na naaa 
 
 
 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
            Ab         
And if your homesick,  
                           F# 
give me your hand and i'll hold it 
F#              Bbm 
People help the people 
                 Ab         
And nothing will drag you down 
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain,  
       Ebm  C#m   F# 
Oh and if I had a brain 
       Ebm       C#m       F# 
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool 
     Ebm               F           F#       C# F#   
That turned, all those good hearts away

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Chord set

F# · C# · Bbm · Ab · Ebm · C#m · F

Practice tip

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