Iron And Wine - Bird Stealing Bread

iron & wine bird stealing bread ( live norfolk version )

standard tuning

( D# – x 6 8 8 x x x ) ( G# – 6 8 8 x x x ) ( F – x 8 10 10 x x )

* * * * * album version ( verse B – F# ) ( chorus B – C# – F# ) * * * * * *

intro – D# – G# ( x 4 )

D# G# D#
tell me , baby , tell me – ee are you still on the stoop
G#
watching the wind – ows close?
D# G# D#
i’ve not seen you lately yy on the street by the beach
G#
or places we used to – oo go

D# F G#
i’ve a picture of you on our F – ay – vorite day by the sea side
D# F G#
there’s a bird stealing bread that i brought out from under my nose

D# G# D#
tell me , baby , tell me – ee does his company make
G#
light of a rainy – yy day?
D# G# D#
how i’ve missed you lately – yy and the way we would speak
G#
and all that we wouldn’t say

D# F G#
do his hands in your hair feel a lot like a thing you believe in
D# F G#
or a bit like a bird stealing bread out from under your nose?

D# * G# * D# *
tell me , baby , tell me – eeee do you carry the words
G# *
around like a key or change?
D# * G# * D# *
i’ve been thinking lately – yyy of a night on the stoop and all that
G# *
we wouldn’t say

D# F G#
if i see you again on the street by the beach in the evening
D# F G#
will you fly like a bird stealing bread out from under my nose?

jace crawford www . youtube . com/jacecrawford