Biography:
Bill Callahan (born 1966), also known as Smog and (Smog), is an American singer-songwriter born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today.
Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment.
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Too Many Birds
Bill Callahan
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Tuned a whole step down
Chords: (names relative to tuning)
G C Am7 D7sus D7
D|--3---3---3---3---2--|
A|--0---1---1---1---1--|
F|--0---0---0---2---2--|
C|--0---2---2---0---0--|
G|--2---3---0----------|
D|--3------------------|
The whole song is this chord progression:
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds in one tree
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds in one tree
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The sky is full of black and screaming leaves
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The sky is full of black and screaming
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
And one more bird, then one more bird
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
And one last bird, and another
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
One last blackbird, without a place to land
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
One last blackbird without a place to be
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Turns around, in hopes to find
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The place it last knew rest
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Oh blackbird, black rain burn
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
This is not where you last knew rest
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
You fly all night, to sleep on stone
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
That heartless rest that in the morn will be gone
G C Am7
You fly all night to sleep on stone
D7sus-D7
To return to the tree with
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds, too many birds, too many birds
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If, if you, if you could
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heart
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heart
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heartbeat
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
End on G.
Bill Callahan
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Tuned a whole step down
Chords: (names relative to tuning)
G C Am7 D7sus D7
D|--3---3---3---3---2--|
A|--0---1---1---1---1--|
F|--0---0---0---2---2--|
C|--0---2---2---0---0--|
G|--2---3---0----------|
D|--3------------------|
The whole song is this chord progression:
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds in one tree
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds in one tree
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The sky is full of black and screaming leaves
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The sky is full of black and screaming
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
And one more bird, then one more bird
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
And one last bird, and another
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
One last blackbird, without a place to land
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
One last blackbird without a place to be
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Turns around, in hopes to find
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
The place it last knew rest
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Oh blackbird, black rain burn
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
This is not where you last knew rest
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
You fly all night, to sleep on stone
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
That heartless rest that in the morn will be gone
G C Am7
You fly all night to sleep on stone
D7sus-D7
To return to the tree with
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
Too many birds, too many birds, too many birds
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If, if you, if you could
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heart
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heart
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
If you could only stop your heartbeat for one heartbeat
G C Am7 D7sus-D7
End on G.
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