Birds (CHORDS) by Thomas Sanders

[Intro]~
D


[Verse]~
D                           G
I don't wanna drive a fancy car today

              Bm        A   G9
I don't wanna ride in a red corvette

D                    G
I don't wanna jog my Saturday away

      Bm      A   G9
But I don't wanna go home yet

D                       G
Today is not the day to jump out of a plane

              Bm          A    G9
I don't wanna parasail or play roulette

D                            G
I don't wanna risk it all or go insane

      Bm      A   G9
But I don't wanna go home yet


[Chorus]~
               G         D
I just want to watch the birds go by

        Gm6                        Bm    G6
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne

        G          D
I wanna watch them fly and fly

    Gm6                       Bm     G6
And see them soar up into the unknown

        G                           Gm                       D
But I'd feel just like a nerd, watching birds, watching me here all alone


[Verse]~
D                            G
I don't wanna break dance or learn tai Kwon do

              Bm                A    G9
I don't wanna fish till all the fish are gone

D                          G
I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow

              Bm      A  G9
I don't wanna pass out in a marathon

D                    G
I don't like soccer, baseball track or field

        Bm       A    G9
I'm not up for a match of polo

D                     G
I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed

         Bm    A     G9
I'm also not up for... water polo


[Chorus]~
             G         D
I just wanna watch the birds up there

          Gm6                          Bm  G6
Track the migratory patterns that they flow

        G          D
I wanna watch them from my chair

        Gm6                         Bm   G6
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone

   G                     Gm                     D
Trying to spot a lark in the park parked in nature all alone


[Bridge]~
A                                 G
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys

    Bm                     G
The owlets, the eagles and mynas

          A                     G
It's just me and Mr. Finch, the robins, the kingfishers

    Bm                                 A
The snipes, though I heard they don't exist

G                          D
Each little species in its little way can teach me

     D7                        G9
What awaits you if you can get away


[Chorus]~
        G                  D
I wanna watch the birds do what they will

Gm6                           Bm   G6
Sorry if I'm ornithologically prone

        G                                  D
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet, calm and still

Gm6                              Bm   G6
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown


G                                         A
I don't wanna fly in the sky, I just wanna be alone


A


            D
I just wanna be alone