Terrible Love

Birdy

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
 
 
 
Intro: C F (2x) 
 
       C                                     F 
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                             F 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in 
       C                                     F 
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                             F 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in 
                 C     F                 C     F 
It's quiet company,     it's quiet company 
 
       C                                     F 
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                              F 
It's a terrible love that I'm walking in 
       C                                     F 
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                              F 
It's a terrible love that I'm walking in 
                 C     F                 C 
It's quiet company,     it's quiet company 
F                C     F 
It's quiet company 
 
(Repeat INTRO) 
 
   Am              F 
And I can't fall asleep 
           C      G 
Without a little help 
                           Am 
It takes awhile to settle down 
            F                   C       G 
My shivered bones, wait til the panic's out 
 
C                        F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
C                        F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
C                        F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
C                        F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
 
                   C     F                 C     F 
It's quite a company,     it's quiet company 
                   C     F                 C     F 
It's quite a company,     it's quiet company 
 
    C              F 
And I won't follow you 
         C      G 
Into the rabbit hole 
                           Am                F 
I said I would, but then I saw your shivered bones 
            C        G 
They didn't want me to 
 
       Am                                 F 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                             G 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in 
       Am                                 F 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders 
       C                             G 
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in 
 
Am                       F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
C                        G 
It takes an ocean not to break 
Am                       F 
It takes an ocean not to break 
C                        G 
It takes an ocean not to break

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Chord set

C · F · Am · G

Practice tip

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