The Starting Line Birds Direction 2007 Virgin Records Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: G#m - 466444 - x13321 - x68876 - x24442 - x46664 - x587xx F# - 244322 / - x365xx / - 143xxx Verse 1: Spend the day in your bed taking medicine If that's the only thing that keeps you calm Well one of these days you've gotta get up And get out There is a purpose for all of my sitting here If you can't understand well you could If you could just stretch your attention span Now, for this song Refrain: / I hope that this is what you will want / Cause my throat will be the first thing to go / And I hope that some day I'll hear everyone say Chorus 1: Is that all you've got turn it up keep it coming Cause I've got the words to keep the birds humming Well there's gotta be something / There's gotta be something wrong Well there's gotta be something / There's gotta be something wrong Interlude: - (x3) -- Verse 2: Spend your life with a pen and a microphone You wrote down everything that you could In case somebody gives them a second glance Now for this long (Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1) Interlude: F#--C#--Ebm--C#-B--C# (x3) Guitar 2: e|------------------------------------ B|------------------------------------ G|-15--16\15-13--15\13--11--10--8--10- D|--x---x\-x--x---x\-x---x---x--x---x- (x3) A|-13--14\13-11--13\11---9---8--6---8- E|------------------------------------ Chorus 2: (hold) Is that all you got turn it up, keep it coming Cause I got the words to keep the birds humming Well there's gotta be something / There's gotta be something wrong Well there's gotta be something / There's gotta be something wrong (Repeat) / Oh there's gotta be, there's gotta be