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Birds Fly
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: E Major
Year: 1989
Intro:

D    G         G                        D    G         G
|7---10--------10-----------------------7----10--------10---------|
|7---8---------8------------------------7----8---------8----------|
|7---7---------7------------------------7----7---------7----------|
|0--------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Gm7                 Am7                 F6                  G7
          Birds     fly                 into        my      windshield
 
Gm7                 Am7                 F6
          Thoughts  fall   from    my   thoughts                           this
 
Gm7                 Am7                 Bb7                 B7
good luck      charm          hanging   off  of   my   arm                 was
 
Bb7                                     A7
left      here      by   the     police
 
Words fall out from my pockets
And cats dance under my feet
This colorful spell under which I live
Protects me from all I write 
                                                                       And  the
 
E6                                      B7
microscope                            reveals     the scope           of   my
 
E6                                      B7  (B, C#, D, Eb bass notes)
very                best              intentions                      yes  the
 
E6                                      B7
   tiny     light            shines         twice  as   bright        on   the
 
E6                                      C6
only     nice      part       of        me
 
 
F         F         F         C  
F         F         F         C  
F         F         F         C  
G         G         G         C

Birds fly into my windshield
Thoughts fall from my thoughts
This good luck charm hanging off of my arm
Was left here by the police

And the microscope reveals the scope
Of my very best intentions
Oh, yes, the tiny light shines twice as bright
E6                                      C6                  F6
only     nice      part       of        me                  eee

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On The Frank O'Toole Show, Linnell plays this intro riff on the melodica:
(Single notes)
A-Bb-B D-G-D
A-Bb-B D-E-D
A-Bb-B D-D (lower octave)-D

Then he does this quick descending chord move:
Bm, Bbm, Am
These chords each lack their fifths, so it's really these notes:
B+D, Bb+Db, A+C