Andrew Bird Souverian Tab
(The first chord is a C major strummed down)
(Whistling bit)
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(Piano Intro)
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(Fingerpick this part how you see fit)
Pick C lightly G C
Though bells will ring church steeples catchin' fire
G C
And if you promise spring then I know you are a liar
(Strum this part)
Am C
'Cause in the spring tender grasses won't burn easily
Am Em
Though thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me
F C
Wild parsnips, they still scald my lungs
G C
While thistles will burn my feet
F C G C
And if you join our chorus you will never fear anymore
F C G C
So here comes the chorus, we will meet on a fatal shore
F C G
Souverian, souverian, the elder Oh-oh
F C G
Souverian, souverian the free Oh-oh
F C G
Souverian, souverian we felt her Oh-oh
F C
So very young, so very young were we
(Play the whistling melody again here)
Am C
Birds will sing still my lover won't return to me
Am Em
You promise spring still my lover won't return to me
F C G
Wild parsnips scald my lungs and thistles are burning my
C
feet
F C G C
So here it comes the chorus, you'll never fear anymore
F C G C
If you join our chorus we will meet on a fatal shore
F C x4
(The piano plays this occasionally)
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F
Under the elders the older get younger
C
The younger get over, over their elders
F C (piano)
And under the elders pretend that you're older now
F
Under the elders the older get younger
C
The younger get over, over the elders
F C
Under the elders bending your branches down
Am C
We who are so very young still my lover won't return to me
Am Em
The thrushes sing still my lover won't return to me
F C G
Wild parsnips they still scald my lungs while thistles
C
still burn my feet