Passenger Pigeons Chords & Lyrics by The Handsome Family

Passenger Pigeons

guitar chords lyrics

The Handsome Family

G Em
Ever since you moved out
C G
I've been living in the park
G Em
I'd rather talk to the wind
C G
Than an empty apartment

G Em

And I wish I could forget
C G
How a billion birds flew in
G Em
To my hollow dying heart
C G
The first time I touched your arm

Em G Am C
Once there were a billion passenger pigeons
G Em C
So many flew by they darkened the sky

G Em
But they were clubbed and shot
C G
Netted gassed and burned
G Em
Until there was nothing left
C G
But piles of empty nests

Em G Am C
I can't believe how easily
G C
A billion birds can disappear

G Em
The park is empty now
C G
It's so cold out
G Em
And all the paddle boats
C G
Are covered up with snow

G Em
But I'm still sitting here
C G
Drinking frozen beer
G Em
And throwing potato chips
C G
On to the white snow drifts
G Em
Just in case a bird decides
C G
To fly through here tonight


Em G Am C
I can't believe how easily
G C
A billion birds can disappear
Em G Am C
No I can't believe how easily
G C
A billion birds can disappear