Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Level 2D120 BPMIron & Wine
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Lyrics

I was a (D)quick, wet boy diving too (Bm)deep for coins.

All of your (G)street light eyes wide on my (A)plastic toys.

Then when the (D)cops closed the fair,

I cut my (Bm)long baby hair and stole me a (G)dogeared map,

called for you (A)ev'rywhere.

Have I (D)found you,

(Bm)flightless bird?

(G)Jealous, (A)weeping;

or (D)lost you

(Bm)American mouth.

(G)Big pill (A)(A7)looming.

Now I'm a (D)fat house cat,

nursing my (Bm)sore blunt tongue.

Watching the (G)warm poison rates curl through the (A)wide fence cracks.

Pissing on (D)maga the zine photos,

those (Bm)fishing by lures and thrown in the (G)cold and clean blood of Christ (A)mountain stream.

Have I (D)found you,

(Bm)flightless bird?

(G)Grounded, (A)wheeling;

or (D)lost you

(Bm)American mouth.

(G)Big pill (A)(A7)looming.

Now I'm a (A)stuck (A7sus4)(A7)going (D)down.

Song info

Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine is a level 2 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of D at 120 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.

Level
2 of 5
Key
D
Tempo
120 BPM
Chords
A A7 Bm C D G N
Artist
Iron & Wine
Genre
Folk
Style
Easy listening
Mood
Melancholic

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