Andrew Bird – The Night Before Your Birthday Chords

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IntroD....G....D....G....D....G....D.Verse 1D On the night before your biGrthday
I sDet down to write this sGong
But I waDs, I wasn't sure what to sGay
Afraid these woDrds'll come out wGrong
That you wiDll always be my dGarlin'
'Til the eDnd, end of measured tiGme
Like that pDair of nestin' sBmtarlings
We're growin' mCore and more entwiAned

RefrainD How the hBbell did you kFnow
When all you kAmnow is what you doBn't knowE?ChorusEmStumble in the Awilderness
Em Burrs hopelessly stAuck
Em Instinct finally woArked for once
Em Or was it just, or was it just dumb luDck?.G....D....G....D....G....D. Verse 2D And it's not like strikin' lightnGin' (Not like strikin' lightnin')
That keepDs breakin' Heaven's vGows (Breakin' Heav?n's vows)
Or thDat slow and vicious tGightenin' (Slow and vicious tightenin')
ThDat what the heart allGows (What the heart allows)
I could coDunt the ways I loGve you
But DI was never one for mGaths
While the hDeavens up aBmbove you
Keep gettin' fiClled with socioApathsRefrainD Oh, sBbiestas in JFune
Amcatlike repCose.F.ChorusEm Lightnin' in the Aafternoon
Em Lizards on the Atile
Em Music from anAother room
Em Let's just linger, let's just linger for a whDileInstrumentalD....G....D....G....D....G....D..
D....G....D....G....D....G....D..OutroOn the nDight before your biGrthday
I set doDwn to write this sGong
But I wDasn't sure what tGo say
Afraid these wDords'll come out wGrong