D C9  F  D  G  F (2X)

[Verse]
D                   C9   F
I really had to go downtown
D                 G        F
Go downtown and hang around
D                    G          Bb
Was not prepared for what I found
D                G     F            G   F    Am   G
A baby bird was lyin' on the ground

[Verse]
D                      C9    F
Lying there in front of my feet
D                         G      F
Dying there right next to the street
D                         G       Bb
I picked it up and felt it's heat
D                   G      F                  G  F  Am  G
I tried to wake her up but she wanted to sleep

[Chorus]
D
I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
       Am7
But I can't get away from the thought
D
It's dying, it's dying, it's dying
         Am7
And it's something that I couldn't stop
D
You're lying, you're lying, if you say
            Am7          Am               C     B  A  D
It's gonna make it 'cos I know that it's not

[Verse]
D              C9       F
Hanging on a telephone line
D                G            F
Witnessing a million crimes
D                 G       Bb
I've been alone all this time
D                  G       F         G    F   Am  G
I'd call someone but I don't have a dime

[Verse]
D                 C9         F
I don't care for boys or girls
D                   G            F
I'd rather hang around with the birds
D               G         Bb
Humans only wreck the world
D                    G          F                G      F  Am  G
They'd kill your whole family for a string of pearls

[Chorus]
D
I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
       Am7
But I can't get away from the thought
D
It's dying, it's dying, it's dying
         Am7
And it's something that I couldn't stop
D
You're lying, you're lying, if you say
            Am7          Am               C     B  A  D
It's gonna make it 'cos I know that it's not


[Bridge]
D               G             F
Ooh, ooh, ooh... ooh ooh. Ooh, ooh, ooh... ooh ooh
D          C9        F
Ooh, ooh, ooh... ooh ooh. Ooh, ooh, ooh... ooh ooh
D              G         Bb
Oooh... ooh ooh... ooh

[Verse]
D                C9        F
If I had wings I'd try to fly
D                    G           F
But they don't make it harder to die
D                   C9         F
You can take it up to the sky
D               C9             G     F    Am    F
But no one ever stays that high
G    F    Am   F
High... high


[Chorus]
D
I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
       Am7
But I can't get away from the thought
D
I'm dying, I'm dying, I'm dying
         Am7
And it's something that I couldn't stop
D
I'm lying, I'm lying, if I say
            Am7          Am               C     B  A  D
That I'm cool 'cos really I'm not