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 - An idea about Mary
Note: This version is massively simplified and probably wrong in some places. Just
email [email protected] with corrections if you find any errors.
Capo 4th fret
Mystery chord (marked as ?)= 200230
Intro:
Em Bm G ? G G/A
VERSE:
Em Bm
A sailor a sailor did drown my heart
G D G D
because of your thunderous wave goodbye
Em
and I never saw you sleeping
Bm
in your matching shoes
G D G D
So a part of me still thinks you're alive
BRIDGE:
A
and if my mam is feeling better
Bm
we'll take some sandwiches for the road
G D
and we'll drive into the lights on the way home
A
and my dad talks about the weather
Bm
says 'the arse is falling out of the sky'
G A
the day that mary died Oooh
CHORUS:
D G A D
Oh lover! I've got plenty
G A Bm
so why do I feel like
G A
I've got nothing
D G A D G A Bm
oh lover! i'm so empty - who am I now?
G A Bm
tell me who i'm going to be
G A Em
or just give me back me
Em Bm G ? G G/A
VERSE:
Em Bm
My saviour is braver than I can be
G D G D
taking all the weapons out of my mind
Em Bm
and I sing for my supper but I sing for me
G D G D
so a part of me is aching to survive
BRIDGE
CHORUS X2
Note: This version is massively simplified and probably wrong in some places. Just
email [email protected] with corrections if you find any errors.
Capo 4th fret
Mystery chord (marked as ?)= 200230
Intro:
Em Bm G ? G G/A
VERSE:
Em Bm
A sailor a sailor did drown my heart
G D G D
because of your thunderous wave goodbye
Em
and I never saw you sleeping
Bm
in your matching shoes
G D G D
So a part of me still thinks you're alive
BRIDGE:
A
and if my mam is feeling better
Bm
we'll take some sandwiches for the road
G D
and we'll drive into the lights on the way home
A
and my dad talks about the weather
Bm
says 'the arse is falling out of the sky'
G A
the day that mary died Oooh
CHORUS:
D G A D
Oh lover! I've got plenty
G A Bm
so why do I feel like
G A
I've got nothing
D G A D G A Bm
oh lover! i'm so empty - who am I now?
G A Bm
tell me who i'm going to be
G A Em
or just give me back me
Em Bm G ? G G/A
VERSE:
Em Bm
My saviour is braver than I can be
G D G D
taking all the weapons out of my mind
Em Bm
and I sing for my supper but I sing for me
G D G D
so a part of me is aching to survive
BRIDGE
CHORUS X2
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