Hozier - Shrike
Intro
[C] [Dm] [F] [C]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C]
Verse 1
[C] [Dm]
I couldn't utter my love when it counted
[F] [C]
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
[Dm]
And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
[F] [C]
Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
Chorus 1
[Am] [G]
Words hung above
[C] [F]
But never would form
[Am] [G] [C] [Am]
Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
[Am] [G] [C] [Fmaj7]
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
[Am] [G] [C]
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
[Dm] [Am] [G] [C]
Verse 2
[C] [Dm]
Had no idea on what ground I was founded
[F] [C]
All of that goodness is going with you now
[C] [Dm]
Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
[F] [C]
All of my goodness is going with you now
Chorus 2
[Am] [G] [C] [F]
Dragging along, follow in your form
[Am] [G] [C] [Am]
Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
[Am] [G] [C] [Fmaj7]
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
[Am] [G] [C]
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
[Instrumental Interlude]
[C] [Dm] [F] [C]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C]
Verse 3
[C] [Dm]
I fled to the city with so much discounted
[F] [C]
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
[C] [Dm]
Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
[F] [C]
Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
Chorus 3
[Am] [G]
I was housed by your warmth
[C] [F]
Thus transformed
[Am] [G] [C] [Am]
By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
[Am] [G] [C] [Fmaj7]
Remember me love, when I'm reborn
[Am] [G] [C]
As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
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