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INTRO: G# B C# F# G# (2x)

G#                               B
We saw the last of the brightly colored birds 
C#                         G#
check out and make for the other world. 
G#                                        B
and you ask me how much longer we have to stay here. 
C#                        G#
but I'm not at liberty to say. 

G#                                 D#           G#
and what flowers there were around kingston are blue. 
G#                         B            C#                  G#
I ripped them up from the dry soil and draped them over you. 

REPEAT Intro and Pattern.

we saw the last of the bright colored birds coming home. 
I saw you address them through your megaphone. 
and you asked me when we were leaving. 
well, it's any day now. 

and what flowers there were around trenchtown were red. 
I stole them from the hands of children. 
I braided them around your head. 

Tab by Alex Glasnovic

INTRO: A G D A (2x)

A                               G
We saw the last of the brightly colored birds 
D                          A
check out and make for the other world. 
A                                         G
and you ask me how much longer we have to stay here. 
D                         A
but I'm not at liberty to say. 

A                                  E            A
and what flowers there were around kingston are blue. 
A                         G            D                   A
I ripped them up from the dry soil and draped them over you. 

(A) G D A

we saw the last of the bright colored birds coming home. 
I saw you address them through your megaphone. 
and you asked me when we were leaving. 
well, it's any day now. 

and what flowers there were around trenchtown were red. 
I stole them from the hands of children. 
I braided them around your head.