Glen Hansard - Bird Of Sorrow

“bird of sorrow”
by glen hansard
from his album rhythm & repose

capo 4th

not sure if this is the exact way mr . hansard plays it ( though i’ve seen him do it live
and he does capo it on the 4th fret and there are definitely some variations of all the
chords used here ) but it’s pretty darn close .
sorry the spacing of the chords to match where they fall with the lyrics isn’t accurate ,
you’ll have to listen along with the song to figure that out ( if you don’t already know
it well enough to just do it ) . the way the tab editor is makes it all weird when you
space stuff out .

chords used :

C
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
B | – – 1 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
G | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
D | – – – – – | – – 2 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
A | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 3 – – | – – – – – |
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |

G
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 4 – – | – – – – – |
B | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 3 – – | – – – – – |
G | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
D | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
A | – – – – – | – – 1 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 2 – – | – – – – – |

Am
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
B | – – 1 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
G | – – – – – | – – 3 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
D | – – – – – | – – 2 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
A | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |

F
E | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
B | – – 1 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
G | – – – – – | – – 2 – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
D | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 4 – – | – – – – – |
A | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – 3 – – | – – – – – |
E | – 1/t – | – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – |
( 1/t means that string being played can be accomplished by barring the entire 1st fret
with your 1st finger or by wrapping your thumb around the neck to hold that low E string )

( intro )
C G C
C G C

( verse 1 )
C G C
even if a day feels too long
C G C
you feel like you can’t wait another one
C G F
and you’re slowly giving up on everything
G Am
love is gonna find you again
G Am
love is gonna find you , you better be ready then

C G C
C G C

C G C
well you been kneeling in the dark for far too long
C G C
you’ve been waiting for that spark but it hasn’t come
C G F
i’m calling to you please get off the floor
G Am
a good heart will find you again
G Am
a good heart will find you , just be ready then

( chorus )
F
tethered to a bird of sorrow
F
a voice that’s buried in the hollow
C
you’ve given over to self – deceiving
G
you’re prostrate bound but not believing
Am
you’ve squandered more than you could borrow
F G
you bet your joys on all tomorrow
C
and for the hope of some returning
G Am
while everything around you is burning

( verse 2 )
C G C
come on we gotta get out , get out of this mess we’ve made
C G C
and still for all our talk we’re both so afraid
C G F
but will we leave this up to chance like we do everything
G Am
love is gonna find us again
G Am
love is gonna find us , you gotta be ready then

( chorus )
F
tethered to a bird of sorrow
F
a voice that’s buried in the hollow
C
you’ve given over to self – deceiving
G
you’re prostrate bound but not believing
Am
you’ve squandered more than you could borrow
F G
you bet your joys on all tomorrow
C
and for the hope of some returning
G Am F
while everything around you is burni . . . . . . . . . . . ing

C
but i’m not leaving yet
G
i’m not leaving yet
Am F
i’m not leaving yet
C G
i’m not leaving yet
Am F
yeah i’m not leaving
C G
i’m not leaving yet
Am F
yeah i’m hanging on
C
i’m hanging on
G
oh
Am F
what’s gonna come
C
oh i’m hangin on
G
hangin on
Am
hangin on
F
hangin on
C
hangin on
G
hangin on
Am F
hangin on
C G
and the fateful
Am F
with the faithful
C G
i’m hanging on
Am F
what’s gonna come
C G Am F
oh , what’s gonna come
C G Am F
hanging on hanging on with the faithful the faithful

C G Am F
C G Am F C