Watching Birds


Stornoway - Watching Birds I think this is correct, the timing on a few of the chords may be slightly out but I reckon its a good first attempt. Intro x1 e ----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----| b ----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----| g ----1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1----| d ----2-2-0--2-2-0--2-2-0--2-2-0----| a ----2-2-0--2-2-0--2-2-0--2-2-0----| E ----0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0----| Normal strumming starts- (with occasional hammer-ons - For both E and F#m) e ----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----| b ----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----| g ----1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1----| d ----2-2-0-0-0--2-2-0-0-0----| a ----2-2-0-0-0--2-2-0-0-0----| E ----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----| E F#m Oh well her eyes they hypnotised F#m E Like a pair of headlights E F#m And I remember how she crashed F#m E Headlong into my life E F#m So I said now close those eyes F#m E Stick a pin into this map E F#m And then she said now look around F#m A Because there'll be no looking back A G G E E F#m Oh but I've been looking since that day F#m A E Since the day we parted E F#m But you don't find happiness F#m A G E When you're searching for it E F#m And I might have realised F#m A I was wasting precious time A A E But I never had the chance to change the batteries in my watch E A E Oh and it's a Monday night in June E E And I should be sleeping E A E But it's so damn warm inside E E I'm in the garden dreaming E A E And I've got one chair for myself E F#m And another for my feet F#m A G E Oh but I still don't feel complete E E E E F#m Well she calls me every day F#m A E Just to touch base with me E F#m And the birds upon the wire F#m A G E They feel our electricity E F#m And I watch them as they fly F#m A And she lifts me up with them A G E Until I fall for her again E E E E F#m Oh and I've been working since that day F#m A E Since the day I left her E F#m I'm making money watching birds F#m A E But I don't feel no richer E F#m And I should have realised F#m A I was wasting precious time A A E But I never had the chance to change the batteries in my watch E A E Oh and it's a Monday night in June E And I should be sleeping E A E But it's so damn warm inside E I'm in the garden dreaming E A E And I've got one chair for myself E F#m And another for my feet F#m A E But I still don't feel complete Repeat same chords utill ending the song with A G