Secret Language of Birds Ukulele tab

	  Look below for footnotes *, ** and ***  
   
 
Intro: D C D A G* A, G* A  (repeat)  
 
A      G*       A      A---G---A**  
This sparkling wine is all but empty  
 
     C         D        Bm  G   A  
too late for trains and no taxis.  
 
A   G*      A         A---G---A**  
I know the feeling, seems all too contrived  
 
           C          D            Bm  A D  
there was no master plan, but the fact is  
 
           D        C  
you must stay with me  
 
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A  
and learn the secret language of birds  
   
 
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A  G*          A         A---G---A**  
Attend to the dawn about to be breaking  
      C        D           Bm     G   A  
on a Rousseau garden with monkeys in hiding  
A     G*          A      A---G---A**  
The truth of the matter (yet to be spoken)  
    C             D           Bm            A D  
in words on which everything, everything's riding  
      D        C  
now stay with me  
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A  
and learn the secret language of birds  
      D        C  
now stay with me  
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A  
and learn the secret language of birds  
 
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 E           D          D---A---E  
Circled by swallows  
 
      E             D       D---A---E  
in a world for the weary,  
 
  F#m       D             D---A---G  
Chorded by warblers  
 
 G                 G?***        intro  
wicked and eloqueent trilling.  
 
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A        G*  A         A---G---A**  
Lie in the stillness, window cracked open,  
   C      D          Bm       G    A  
extended moments, (h)ours for the taking.  
A         G*          A      A---G---A**  
Careless hair on the pillow, a bold brush-stroke,  
 C                     D         Bm       A D  
painted first with a Chorus, a Chorus in waiting.  
  D        C  
stay with me  
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A  
and learn the secret language of birds  
       D        C  
yeah stay with me  
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A  
and learn the secret language of birds  
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Footnotes:  
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*  : I play this G with all strings open (just let go of the A chord, play some of the  
     middle strings)  
   
** : these A---G---A  chords are played as:  
 
    A          G          A  
--5-5-5------3-3-3-------------  
--5-5-5------3-3-3------2-2-2--  
--6-6-6------4-4-4------2-2-2--  
--7-7-7------5-5-5------2-2-2--  
--X-X-X------X-X-X-------------  
--X-X-X------X-X-X------X-X-X--  
 
i.e. the first A and G are as F chords at pos. 5 and 3  
 
*** : this G? chord sounds something like  
 
-3-    (          -3- )  
-2-    (          --- )  
---    (normal G: --- )  
---    (          --- )  
-X-    (          -2- )  
-3-    (          -3- )