Biography:
Wallis Bird (born 29 January 1982) is an Irish musician. She has released a series of studio albums, including Architect in 2014 and Home in 2016.
Bird was apparently two years old when she got her first guitar. From age 11 she has been involved in diverse projects, musically and otherwise, having written soundtracks to and acted in short films and plays. Bird has been gigging on the Irish music circuit since the age of 17, playing a catalogue of gigs from tiny
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Wallis Bird - In Dictum
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-- Tabbed by: Momro
-- E-mail: [email protected]
-- Tuning: Standard
-- used Chordify.com for advise :-)
-- Please note: The pre-chorus is not perfect, therefore there are several
inconsistencies. Any corrections are appreciated!
[Capo] 6th
[Chords] D/F#: 200232 || Am/C: x32210
[Intro] G C G C
[Verse]
C G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
As I only do my friend
G
I'll be living my youth
C G D/F# Em
As I live till my end my friend
[Pre-Chorus]
D C
I've been battered and bruised
G C C Am/C Am Em
But it's only a few that have stayed or left
G D
And that's nothing a hammer
Em G C Am/C Am Em
A nail or my mind couldn't cure
D
But I've left people hang
C Am
On a stick or a word
Am G D Em
If their grip grew tight
D
All the bottles, the battles
G D C
The beds that I've shared they're all mine
[Chorus]
G
But the more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less you can have of me
G
The more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less I am yours to keep
[Verse]
G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
If that's what you want my friend
G
Sometimes being a friend
C G D/F# Em
Is not saying a word my friend
[Pre-Chorus]
D C
I've been shattered and shoved
G C
And I shattered and shoved
C Am/C Am Em
But my mind is clear
D
And I've chosen my women, my men
G C Am/C Am Em
And I've chosen my fears
D
But I've loved you with the marrow
G D C Am/C Am Em
That fills up my bones and I always will
D
If you are with me or not
G C
All depends if you hold me too near
[Chorus]
But the more you hold on to me
The less you can have of me
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours or me
[Outro]
C Em
There are devils inside
C
That I am not afraid to meet
D C Em
There are devils outside
C
But I am not ashamed to be
G C G
But the more you hold on to me
C G
Yeah the more you hold on to me
C G
I will try not to leave
Wallis Bird - In Dictum
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-- Tabbed by: Momro
-- E-mail: [email protected]
-- Tuning: Standard
-- used Chordify.com for advise :-)
-- Please note: The pre-chorus is not perfect, therefore there are several
inconsistencies. Any corrections are appreciated!
[Capo] 6th
[Chords] D/F#: 200232 || Am/C: x32210
[Intro] G C G C
[Verse]
C G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
As I only do my friend
G
I'll be living my youth
C G D/F# Em
As I live till my end my friend
[Pre-Chorus]
D C
I've been battered and bruised
G C C Am/C Am Em
But it's only a few that have stayed or left
G D
And that's nothing a hammer
Em G C Am/C Am Em
A nail or my mind couldn't cure
D
But I've left people hang
C Am
On a stick or a word
Am G D Em
If their grip grew tight
D
All the bottles, the battles
G D C
The beds that I've shared they're all mine
[Chorus]
G
But the more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less you can have of me
G
The more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less I am yours to keep
[Verse]
G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
If that's what you want my friend
G
Sometimes being a friend
C G D/F# Em
Is not saying a word my friend
[Pre-Chorus]
D C
I've been shattered and shoved
G C
And I shattered and shoved
C Am/C Am Em
But my mind is clear
D
And I've chosen my women, my men
G C Am/C Am Em
And I've chosen my fears
D
But I've loved you with the marrow
G D C Am/C Am Em
That fills up my bones and I always will
D
If you are with me or not
G C
All depends if you hold me too near
[Chorus]
But the more you hold on to me
The less you can have of me
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours or me
[Outro]
C Em
There are devils inside
C
That I am not afraid to meet
D C Em
There are devils outside
C
But I am not ashamed to be
G C G
But the more you hold on to me
C G
Yeah the more you hold on to me
C G
I will try not to leave
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