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KING OF BIRDS

Original chords by: ?
Corrections from: the-concourse-on-high

{Play the "D" chord like this:   xx0235
And play around with it, like descending on that high E string (frets-:5,3,2)
through one line of verse.}

Intro :  D

DD Piano Chord 

A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone
A mean idea to call my own
Old man don't lay so still you're not yet young
There's time to teach, point to point
Point observation, children carry reservations
GG Piano Chord 

Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold, leaves me cold.
F#F# Piano Chord 
                            AA Piano Chord 
                        DD Piano Chord 

A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly

DD Piano Chord 

Singer sing me a given, singer sing me a song
Standing on the shoulders of giants everybody's looking on
(Old don't lay so still you're not yet young)
GG Piano Chord 

Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold
F#F# Piano Chord 
                            AA Piano Chord 
                         BB Piano Chord 

A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away
EE Piano Chord 
         BB Piano Chord 
                        EE Piano Chord 
         --:  DD Piano Chord 

away... awaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyieeeeeee

DD Piano Chord 

I am king of all I see, my kingdom for a voice
Old man don't lay so still, you're not yet young
There's time to teach, point to point
Point observation, children carry reservations
GG Piano Chord 

Standing on the shoulders of giants, leaves me cold
F#F# Piano Chord 
                            AA Piano Chord 
                     DD Piano Chord 

A mean idea to call my own, a hundred million birds fly away.
DD Piano Chord 

Everybody hit the ground.  Everybody hit the ground.