Shrike chords by Hozier (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
 A         F#m      (A)
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
 E            Bm      A
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
 A          F#m         (A)
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
 E             Bm       A
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now


Chorus 1:
 A    F#m
Bites on above
 E       A
But never would form
 F#m       E    Bm      A
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
 A      F#m   E    A
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
 F#m       E       Bm     A
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn

Verse 2:
 A          F#m     (A)
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
 E           Bm       A
All of that goodness is going with you now
 A           F#m    (A)
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
 E           Bm      A
All of my goodness is going with you now


Chorus 2:
  A   F#m  E       A
Driving along, fall on your thorn
  F#m     E      Bm     A
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
  A     F#m    E    A
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
  F#m        E      Bm    A
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn


Verse 3:
 A            F#m     (A)
I fled to the city with so much discounted
 E             Bm    A
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
 A             F#m      (A)
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
 E             Bm     A
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now


Chorus 3:
    A     F#m
I was hatched by your warmth
 E     A
Thus transformed
     F#m     E      Bm    A
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
   A    F#m    E   A
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
     F#m       E     Bm   A
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn