Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9

[Verse 1]
Em7
You're a strange bird
         Cadd9
You're a black crow
            Em7
And you're darker than the darkest dark
   Cadd9
before the cock crows
          Em7
You're a strange bird
              Cadd9
Wanna take a long flight
      Em7                  Cadd9
Over highway 101 down to Crescent City tide
         D
Then you sit on the white beach
          Am
While the waves wash up your supper
D
Sit on the white beach wondering
Am
Where are the others

[Verse 2]
Em7                           Cadd9
The other road, the one less taken
Em7
You tried it out you stuck around
       Cadd9
just trying to fake it
Em7
There were good days
         Cadd9
'Til you broke them
           Em7
There were right words but they always were
    Cadd9
the ones unspoken
D
So you sit beneath a tree
    Am
And wait for manna from the sky
D
Sit beneath a tree humming
Am
Am I born to die

[Chorus]
A
Dirt under your fingernails
G                     Em
Wipe the mud from the windowsill
A
In this world of sweat and tears
G                    Em
Make a life worth of living

[Interlude]
Em7 Cadd9 (4x)

[Verse 3]
    Em7
It's a free fall
       Cadd9
It's a high dive
Em7                          Cadd9
No one really knows what the ocean hides
            Em7
But you and I, bird
            Cadd9
We're gonna find out
    Em7                          Cadd9
And I'll be next to you when the lights go out
        D
And we might see some kind
   Am
Of beauty in the water
D
Flashes all around
     Am
Of a life that we forgot

[Interlude]
A G Em

[Chorus]
A
Dirt under your fingernails
G                     Em
Wipe the mud from the windowsill
A
In this world of sweat and tears
G
Make a life worth of living

[Interlude]
A G Em (2x)
Em7 Cadd9 (2x)

Em7
You're a strange bird
         Cadd9
You're a black crow