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Artist: Andrew Bird
 Album: Noble Beast
  Song: Souverian

[http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/andrew_bird/souverian.html]

Tabbed by: csy

A version of "Souverian" by Andrew Bird.
Pardon any inaccuracies.


whistle over
C G C G C

more intro


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------4--6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----6------6-4---4-6-7-----------------------------------------------|
A|--7------------7-------7-6-4-6-7-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------7-----------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------4--6----------------4------------------------------------------|
D|----6------6-4---4-6-7--7---7---6------6--7--6---4-------------------|
A|--7------------7-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6--7--6--4----4---6---7--4---1---2---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

(might be shift a fret down. whatever sounds right to ya.)

C                     G
Though bells will ring
                                C
Church steeples were catchin fire
			G
If you promise spring, 
				C
then I’ll know you are a liar


C		Am
Cause in the spring
F			C  
Tender grasses won’t burn easily

		Am
Tough thrushes sing
F				em
Still my lover won’t return to me
	G			F
Wild parsnips they still scald my lungs
      G			   C
While thistles will burn my feet
	      G		C
And if you join our chorus
You will never fear anymore
So here it comes the chorus
We will meet on a fatal shore

bridgeish
C Am F C
(not exactly to recording, this seems to sound better.)
F			C
Souverian, souverian the elder oh oh
Souverian, souverian was free oh oh
Souverian, souverian we feld her oh oh
F               F                 C
So very young so very young were we

C G C

G c


C            Am
Birds will sing
F                           C
still my lover won’t return to me
C              Am
You promise spring,
F                             Em
still my lover won’t return to me
G			F
Wild parsnips scald my lungs
    G			   C
And thistles are burning my feet
		G        C
So here it comes the chorus
You’ll never fear anymore
If you join a chorus,
we will meet on a fatal shore

C Am F C

pause

FC FC

F                   C
Under the elders, the older get younger
The younger get over, over their elders
Under the elders, pretend that you’re older now

C                      Am

F                   C
Under the elders, the older get younger
The younger get over, over the elders
Under the elders
Bending your branches down

C                     Am
We who are so very young
F                           C
Still my lover won’t return to me
c              Am
Thrushes sing
F                             Em
Still my lover won’t return to me
G			F
Wild parsnips they still scald my lungs
G				C
While thistles still burn my feet