Capo on 1st fret

Look below for footnotes *, ** and ***
 

Intro: D C D A G* A, G* A  (repeat)

A      G*       A      A---G---A**
This sparkling wine is all but empty

     C         D        Bm  G   A
too late for trains and no taxis.

A   G*      A         A---G---A**
I know the feeling, seems all too contrived

           C          D            Bm  A D
there was no master plan, but the fact is

           D        C
you must stay with me

     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
 

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A  G*          A         A---G---A**
Attend to the dawn about to be breaking
      C        D           Bm     G   A
on a Rousseau garden with monkeys in hiding
A     G*          A      A---G---A**
The truth of the matter (yet to be spoken)
    C             D           Bm            A D
in words on which everything, everything's riding
      D        C
now stay with me
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
      D        C
now stay with me
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds

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 E           D          D---A---E
Circled by swallows

      E             D       D---A---E
in a world for the weary,

  F#m       D             D---A---G
Chorded by warblers

 G                 G?***        intro
wicked and eloqueent trilling.

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A        G*  A         A---G---A**
Lie in the stillness, window cracked open,
   C      D          Bm       G    A
extended moments, (h)ours for the taking.
A         G*          A      A---G---A**
Careless hair on the pillow, a bold brush-stroke,
 C                     D         Bm       A D
painted first with a chorus, a chorus in waiting.
  D        C
stay with me
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
       D        C
yeah stay with me
     C                D    (G*)   A            A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
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Footnotes:
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*  : I play this G with all strings open (just let go of the A chord, play
some of the
     middle strings)
 
** : these A---G---A  chords are played as:

    A          G          A
--5-5-5------3-3-3------0-0-0--
--5-5-5------3-3-3------2-2-2--
--6-6-6------4-4-4------2-2-2--
--7-7-7------5-5-5------2-2-2--
--X-X-X------X-X-X------0-0-0--
--X-X-X------X-X-X------X-X-X--

i.e. the first A and G are as F chords at pos. 5 and 3

*** : this G? chord sounds something like

e!-3-    (          -3- )
B!-2-    (          -0- )
G!-0-    (normal G: -0- )
D!-0-    (          -0- )
A!-X-    (          -2- )
E!-3-    (          -3- )