Valley Of The Birds

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                             VALLEY OF THE BIRDS - The Stranglers

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Tabbed by: Christopher Painter





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Ray decided to be silly after all,

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He died a thousand times in the Viet war,

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So he strapped himself in and he took his chances,

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Into the valley of the bird absurd,



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I don't remember what it was the old man said,

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I know I'd tempted fate a thousand times before,

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So we strapped ourselves in and we took some chances,

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And had a fight for the brother who can be,



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Birdman,

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Looking for the waste land,

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Try'na get me face tanned,

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It's beautiful, we're beautiful,

                         G#

We're flying through the valley of the birds,



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We decided all for all and all for one,

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And when I do I really wanna go in style,

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So without a sense of reason we explored life,

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Like throwing stoned into the great unknown of



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Birdman,

                D#m      G#    

Looking for the waste land,

              D#m      G#    

Try'na get me face tanned,

                      F#

It's beautiful, we're beautiful,

                         G#

We're flying through the valley of the birds.



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