G                    D                     
I picked her up in a January storm
        G                     C
She was breathing the coldest air she'd ever known
G                       F                     C
Carrying the sun on her skin from a home far away
G                          D
I didn't know what she was leaving behind
             G                          C
But I could tell from her face she had trouble in her mind
     G                            F                   C
The years had been kind, but her eyes didn't shine anymore


[Chorus]

         G                       D
She said dirty little birds with dirty little wings
      G                       C
That fly through the night to other pretty things
   G                    D           C
I called hime today and said I was leaving
     G                      D 
Ooh dirty little birds with dirty little claws
      G                           C
That scratch at my heart, saying love's forever
          G            F                 C
More the fool I am for blindly believing
      D
I was blindly believing


[Fill]
G D C x1


[Verse 2]

         G                  D 
Well she took off her coat, pulled out a chair
    G                 C           Em
She fixes me with an empty stare 
      F                   C
Says "It's sure wild out"
G                   D
Something about the tremble in her voice
G                  C
Toys with a man's easy choices
G                           F             C
Tomorrow's choice will make everything alright


[Chorus]

         G                       D
She said dirty little birds with dirty little wings
      G                       C
That fly through the night to other pretty things
   G                    D           C
I called hime today and said I was leaving
     G                      D 
Ooh dirty little birds with dirty little claws
      G                           C
That scratch at my heart, saying love's forever
          G            F                 C
More the fool I am for blindly believing
      D
I was blindly believing


[Bridge]

Em             C           G                D        Am
In a dream, in a web, in a breath of poison words, a cold wind howls
Em       G      Am     C
Love's a dirty, little dirty...


[Chorus]

         G                       D
She said dirty little birds with dirty little wings
      G                       C
That fly through the night to other pretty things
   G                    D           C
I called hime today and said I was leaving
     G                      D 
Ooh dirty little birds with dirty little claws
      G                           C
That scratch at my heart, saying love's forever
          G            F                 C
More the fool I am for blindly believing
      D
I was blindly believing


[Solo]

G D G C
G D C