Bird With a Broken Wing Owl City
Key: Db | Capo: 1
Be careful: the intro and verses contained a lot of syncopy.
Intro (x2): || F2 || G2 || Dm7 || C
Verse 1:
So I walk[F2] alone down the dark [G2]- est roads
Cause I've al [Dm7]- ways known how the sto [C]- ry goes
When the cur [F2]- tain falls, I'll be wear [G2]- ing thin
Clawing a[Dm7]t the walls as they're clos [C]- ing in
Verse 2:
In this twist [F2]- ed plot I was des [G2]- tined for
I'm an as[Dm7] - tronaut on the o [C]- cean floor
So misun [F2]- derstood 'till the bloo [G2]- dy end
Dm7 C | Am | F
How I wish I could do it all again
Chorus:
[C] It feels like I'm a [G]lone survivor
[Am] Forgotten in a [G7]dark and deadly world
[C] And on my own[G], I walk alone
[Am] To see the sun again[F] I'd give anything
[C] But life demands a [G]final chapter
[Am] A story that we [G7]all must leave behind
[C] It's do or die[G], and this is mine
[Am] The anthem of a bird[F] with a broken wing
Instrumental: C ||| G ||| Am ||| F ||| F
Verse 3:
It's an [F2]- other night of the li [G2]- ving dead
Like a vi [Dm7]- per bite in a spi [C]- derweb
It's so death [F2]- ly dark in the al [G2]- leyway
And a blee [Dm7]- ding heart makes you ea [C]- sy prey
Verse 4:
I would ru[F2]n and hide for the af [G2]- ternoon
With the but [Dm7]- terfly in the pa [C]- nic room
Though I won'[F2]t be missed, I would say[G2] it's time
Dm7 C | Am | F
For a dif - ferent twist in the sto - ry line
Chorus
Tag:
Am ||| G ||| F G Am ||| G ||| F ||| F | G
(The anthem of a bird with a broken wing)
Chorus:
[C] It feels like I'm a [G]lone survivor
[Am] Forgotten in a [G7]dark and deadly world
[C] And on my own[G], I walk alone
[Am] To see the sun again[F] I'd give anything
[C] But life demands a [G]final chapter
[Am] A story that we [G7]all must leave behind
[C] It's do or die[G], and this is mine
Am F C ||| G |||
The anthem of a bird with a broken wing
Am F C ||| G |||
The anthem of a bird with a broken wing
[Am] The anthem of a bird[F] with a broken wing[F]
Verse 5:
Tell the worl[F2]d I know that my min[G2]d is made
It's a har[Dm7]d show, but I'm not[C] afraid
Though I won'[F2]t be missed, I would say[G2] it's time
For a dif [Dm7]- ferent twist in the sto [C]- ry line
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