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Tyler Ramsey – The Nightbird Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
C
Fly home,
everybody's
 waiting,
           Em
there's a spiral
Down into the
basement,
     G  Gadd11  G Em
it's true
C
Try on all these
 different colors,
        Em
you can buy one
This one or the
other one's
    G  Gadd11 G Em
for you


[Verse 2]
C
No one, no one
is expecting
       Em
you to go on
No one ever
thought
 that you
      G  Gadd11 G Em
would leave
         C
Is there someone,
something that is
troubling? I
     Em
will find it
I think I heard
something in the
G  Gadd11  G    Em
trees,   in the trees

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[Pre-Chorus]
G  Gadd11 G G Gadd11 G


[Chorus]
G             C
Kill the nightbird,
G             C
kill the nightbird
C/B         Am
That's been keeping
    Em
me awake
Am
I've been lending
Em
chase
   G
To find it in
C
its tree,
G
climb up in the
C
branches
C/B      Am
And send it on
    Em
its way
   Am
So I can get
      Em
some sleep


[Instrument]
G   G
C   C        Em  Em
G   Gadd11 G Em  Em

[Verse 3]
          C
Is it the ocean, the
ocean or the sky
             Em
that you are seeing?
I know sometimes our
eyes can be
  G  Gadd11  G    Em
deceiving
           C
Is there a reason for
 these
 disconnected
feelings you are
Em
feeling?
When everybody
knows you
should be s
G  Gadd11  G
leeping,    you
should
    Em
be sleeping

[Pre-Chorus]
G  Gadd11  G G Gadd11  G

[Chorus]
G             C
Kill the nightbird,
G             C
kill the nightbird
C/B         Am
That's been keeping
    Em
me awake
Am
I've been lending
Em
chase
   G          C
To find it in its
 tree,
 G
 climb up in the
C
branches
C/B      Am
And send it on
    Em
its way
   Am
So I can get
      Em
some sleep


[Pre-Chorus]
G    Gadd11  G


[Chorus]
G             C
Kill the nightbird,
G             C
kill the nightbird
C/B         Am
That's been keeping
    Em
me awake
Am
I've been lending
Em
chase
   G          C
To find it in its
tree,
G
climb up in the
C
branches
C/B      Am
And send it on
    Em
its way
   Am
So I can get
      Em
some sleep

[Outro]
G   C

Watch: The Nightbird

From Tyler Ramsey - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play The Nightbird: key, chords and progression

The Nightbird by Tyler Ramsey keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 6 chords: C, Em, G, Gadd11, C/B and Am.

Most of the song cycles through Em – G – Gadd11 – G (iii – V – V – V in C major). In solfa, that is mi – soh – soh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.