Hummingbird

Hummingbird

Hummingbird

From the album “The Both 2012

Intro: Am F C G/b

Am   F.  C   G/b
In the woods we lit a fire
     Am F C G/b
And we watched a wary deer walk by
    Am   F             C G/b
The trees were restless,moving underbrush
Am   F.  C   G/b
And clouds were banking in the sky

 
    Am   Em     F     C
But I got a message from the hummingbird
   Am Em.     F   C
He gave me a warning in disguise
   Am   Em     F     C
He told me they're marching on Monsanto
        Am   Em     F     C
But the same monolithic structures rise


Am   F  C   G/b
In the garden we sat writing
      Am   F  C   G/b
To the rush of highway noise beside
Am   F  C   G/b
Lonesome bees ignored the sirens
       Am   F  C   G/b 
While remembering their dancing guide


    Am   Em     F     C
But I got a message from the hummingbird
   Am Em     F   C
He gave me a warning in disguise
   Am   Em     F     C
He told me they're marching on the Capitol
        Am   Em     F     C          F   C     G
With wings at their backs and fear in their eyes

        Am G C        F
There's sage and glove and distant waters
            Am        F
But there's no map home
   C            F
for Memory's daughters
       Am G C 
Do the darting thoughts of gods have
F              Am     G.    C.   F
dreams like ours

Am F C G/b

Am F C G/b
On the tarmac rows of pirouetting
Am F C G/b 
Jets wait gravely in their lanes
Am F C G/b 
While from our windows, getting higher
Am F C G/b
We see hybrids wandering the plains


    Am   Em     F     C
But I got a message from the hummingbird
    Am   Em     F     C
He gave me a warning in disguise
    Am   Em     F     C
He told me they're barking at their shadows
    Am   Em     F     C
While the same monolithic structures rise

Am   Em     F     C
I got a message from the hummingbird


By Aimee Mann and Ted Leo

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