Birds

Chords

Standard

[Intro]
G 

[Verse 1]
G                          C
I don't wanna drive a fancy car today
                 Bm    
I don't wanna ride in a red corvette
G                   C
I don't wanna jug my Saturday away
            Bm     
But I don't wanna go home yet

[Verse 2]
G                      C
Today is not the day to jump out of a plane
                    Bm      
I don't wanna parasail or play roulette
G                        C
I don't wanna risk it all or go insane
            Bm      
But I don't wanna go home yet

[Chorus]
                     G
I don't wanna watch the birds go by
        Bm                         C
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
                G
I wanna watch them fly and fly
    Bm                          C   C#7
And see them soar up into the unknown
        
But I'd feel just like a nerd
         
Watching birds
Watching me here all alone
G

[Verse 3]
                         C
I don't wanna breakdance or learn taekwondo  
                         Bm       
I don't wanna fish till all the fish are gone
G                         C
I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow
                      Bm   
I don't wanna pass out in a marathon

[Verse 4]
G                   C
I don't like soccer, baseball track or field
           Bm       
I'm not up for a match of polo
G                    C
I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed 
                 Bm    
I'm also not up for... water polo

[Chorus]
                G
I just wanna watch the birds up there
                  C
Track the migratory patterns that they flow
             G
I wanna watch them from my chair
        Bm                          C
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
                      
Trying to spot a lark in the park parked in nature all alone
G

[Bridge]
D                                C                            Bm                     C
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys, the owlets, the eagles and mynas
          D                   C                           Gadd9                           D
It's just me and mr finch, the robins, the kingfishers, the snipes, though I heard they don't exist
                                                                          Bm
Each little species and it's little way can teach me what awaits you if you can get away
              G
I wanna watch the birds do what they will
      Bm            G        C
Sorry if I'm ornithologically prone
                                        G
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet calm still
Bm                             C     C#7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown
                                               C#maj7
I don't wanna fly in the sky, I just wanna be alone.
    C#maj7    G
I just wanna be alone