Bird Of Winter Prey

Tom: C
Intro: C     D      C     D

  C       D
Be  still 
               C        D
Bird of winter prey 
   C      D
Lay  down 
                     C       D
Your faster thinning frame 


C     D      C     D


  C       D
Be  gone 
                   C       D
The salting of the wound 
  C        D
Re--turn 
                   C         D
The harvest we once   knew 


      C                  Em              D/F#
We're more than just the blood of what we've done 
      C                  Em              D/F#
We're more than just the blood of what we've done 


C     D     C     D


   C          D
Dry  mouth 
                    C        D
The water soon will rise 
    C   G     D/F#
New   birds 
                   C  G   D/F#
Will feather up the  sky 


Em*                 D         *
   Shake until they pass 
Em*                        A  
   What words of them will last 


     
      C                  Em              D/F#
We're more than just the blood of what we've done 
      C                  Em              D/F#
We're more than just the blood of what we've done 
    C                 Em              D/F#
Let sleep your eyes until the morning comes 
      C                  Em              D/F#
We're more than just the blood of what we've done 

   C/G   D/A  Em D/F# Em* G   A     Riff in the Chorus  {       *    }
E---0-----0---0---2---3-------------------------------2-------------------|
B—-12--0---------------------------3-2-0-----------|
E---3-----5---0---2---0---3---------------------------2-----------3-2-0---|
marked as C and D