Biography:
Will Oldham (born 24 December 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His music is often (perhaps inappropriately) placed under the genre of "alternative country". Oldham was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He briefly attended Brown University.
Oldham has recorded under many names other than his own, including Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Palace Songs, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. He often plays and records with other musicians
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G F C
Leave me alone is all that I say
G F C
When I have nothing in me to give away
F G C
A purple martin in her house, she hollers at me
G F C
Why be inhuman ? Why be like me ?
G F C
Like so many robins, like so many doves
G F C
Like so many lovebirds with so many loves
F G C
Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words
G F C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
G F C
At six in the morning you rise from the pillow
G F C
Stand steaming above me ; I slumber below
F G C
I'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and loose
G F C
You're one with a whipporwill, you're one with a goose
G F C
Like so many robins, like so many doves
G F C
Like so many lovebirds with so many loves
F G C
Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words
G F C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
Dm G C
So tweet with me and widely spread
Dm G C
Your olive wings ; embrace my head
Dm G C
Fly with me 'til we are dead
F G
And one with the birds
( G ) F C
Like so many seagulls, like so many hawks
G F C
Like so many thrushes and so many cocks
F G C G F
A swallow will tell you without using misleading heartrending words
( - - - - - F - ) G C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
F C Dm (F)
"When we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"
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Easy version in C by ettawhy
"One With the Birds"
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Leave me alone is all that I say
G F C
When I have nothing in me to give away
F G C
A purple martin in her house, she hollers at me
G F C
Why be inhuman ? Why be like me ?
G F C
Like so many robins, like so many doves
G F C
Like so many lovebirds with so many loves
F G C
Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words
G F C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
G F C
At six in the morning you rise from the pillow
G F C
Stand steaming above me ; I slumber below
F G C
I'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and loose
G F C
You're one with a whipporwill, you're one with a goose
G F C
Like so many robins, like so many doves
G F C
Like so many lovebirds with so many loves
F G C
Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words
G F C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
Dm G C
So tweet with me and widely spread
Dm G C
Your olive wings ; embrace my head
Dm G C
Fly with me 'til we are dead
F G
And one with the birds
( G ) F C
Like so many seagulls, like so many hawks
G F C
Like so many thrushes and so many cocks
F G C G F
A swallow will tell you without using misleading heartrending words
( - - - - - F - ) G C
When we are inhuman we're one with the birds
F C Dm (F)
"When we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"
_______________________________________________
Easy version in C by ettawhy
"One With the Birds"
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