Dirty Little Bird chords by The Waifs

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
A minorAm             G+G
Night so still, silent the Whippoorwill
  E minorEm            FF       G+G
And down by the river a sweet moaning can be heard
     A minorAm          G+G
A augmentedA moon so thin, milk on their skin
E minorEm              FF      A minorAm
Whispering betrayal, Love's a dirty little bird


Chorus:
    C/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little wings
   FF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
       DmDm             G+G
Down by the river, sweet moaning can be heard
       FF       E minorEm      A minorAm
It's telling me my love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
       A minorAm          G+G
It was long ago I was young and fine
     E minorEm                FF          G+G
When he took me by the hand and promised that his heart'd be mine
         A minorAm           G+G
We prayed for a son, I could bear him none
E minorEm             FF      A minorAm
Barren and bitter love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
     C/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little claws
    FF
That prance and creep and pleasure seek behind the bedroom doors
     DmDm               G+G
And he gives out all the tenderness I yearn
 FF        E minorEm      A minorAm
For, My love's a dirty little bird

Chorus:
 C/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little eyes
   FF
That bare my soul -it's a heavy toll

And tell me I should wise up and
 DmDm              G+G
Heed all the lessons I could learn
FF       E minorEm      A minorAm
 My love's a dirty little bird

 Verse:
      A minorAm         G+G
A augmentedA womans heart can be broken some
     E minorEm              FF      G+G
And her mind and her spirit they will see her overcome
           A minorAm        G+G
But break a womans pride and woe to you
       E minorEm
You'd better go and grab your gun man
       FF         A minorAm
There's no telling what she'll do

Chorus:
C/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little beaks
   FF
That peck and pry the wretched lies
For revenge that they seek
      DmDm              G+G
And she's walking down the path of no return
 FF     E minorEm      A minorAm
Woe to that Dirty Little bird

Interlude:
  C/GC/G
You take my heart and you take my time
   FF
You leave my soul without grace or pride
    DmDm            G+G
You take what's yours and you break what's mine
   E minorEm  FF    A minorAm
You take and you take

Chorus:
 C/GC/G
Dirty little bird got dirty little wings
   FF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
       DmDm             G+G
Down by the river sweet moaning can be heard
       FF
It's telling me
       E minorEm     A minorAm
My love's a dirty little bird