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E|----------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
Dm     C   Bb  Gm
We're the day birds
Dm           C    Bb        Gm
Deciding to fly against the sky
Dm          C         Bb       Gm
Within our dreams, we all wake up
Dm           C           Bb      Gm
To kiss the ones who are born to die

Dm     C   Bb     Gm
We're the greying herds
Dm           C      Bb      Gm
Hurting each other with our lives
Dm          C         Bb       Gm
Within our dreams, we all wake up
Dm           C           Bb
To kiss the ones who are born
        C            Dsus2
Born to die, born to die

Dsus2

[Verse 1]
Dm
  The drum fish
                 C
They beached themselves in Hara-kiri
Bb
  The blackbirds
             Gm
They fell in thousands from the sky
Dm
  Their red wings
          C
Streaming down from the higher seas 
Bb                 Gm
  Deflected by the grounds, they crowned the sun

[Refrain]
                 F
They crowned the sun
                 Dm
They crowned the sun
        Bb                  Gm
But I believe that they are free
                    Dm
When their time was done
                         F
They were drowned by the only One
        Bb                  Gm
But I believe that they are free
              Dm
Washed by the sun

Dsus2

[Verse 2]
Dm
Our statues
            C
The soaring edifice of our times
Bb                 Gm
Detracted from the ways of the wise
Dm                       C
The future will view all history as a crime
Bb                 Gm
So father, tell us when is time to rise

[Refrain]
                 F
They crowned the sun
                 Dm
They crowned the sun
        Bb                  Gm
But I believe that they are free
                    Dm
When their time was done
                        F
They were drowned by the only One
        Bb                  Gm
But I believe that they are free

[Interlude]
(piano)
Dm  C  Bb  Gm
Dm  C  Bb  Gm
Dm  C  Bb  Gm
(forte)
Dm  C  Bb  Gm

[Chorus]
Dm     C   Bb  Gm
We're the day birds
Dm           C    Bb        Gm
Deciding to fly against the sky
Dm          C         Bb       Gm
Within our dreams, we all wake up
Dm           C           Bb      Gm
To kiss the ones who are born to die

Dm     C   Bb     Gm
We're the greying herds
Dm           C      Bb      Gm
Hurting each other with our lives
Dm          C         Bb       Gm
Within our dreams, we all wake up
Dm           C           Bb
To kiss the ones who are born
        C
Born to die

[Refrain]
                 F#
They crowned the sun
                 D#m
They crowned the sun
        B                   G#m
But I believe that they are free
                    D#m
When their time was done
                        F#
They were drowned by the only One
        B                   G#m
But I believe that they are free
                 F#
They crowned the sun
                 D#m
They crowned the sun
        B                   G#m
But I believe that they are free
         B                   G#m
and we believe that they are free
          B                   G#m
Cause I believe that they are me
              D#m
Washed by the sun