Broken Wings

Words and Music by Raccoon

as recorded on Loose In The City

 

The chord progressions to this song are: 

·        E*, A, E, B

·        E, A, E, B

·        A  B  D  C#  B  A  G  F#  E*  A  B  E

 

Note: The A is done using the E-form bar chord at the 5th fret. The B is done using the same form at the 7th fret.

* Note: This E chord is done at the 12th fret but while leaving the high E and B strings open.

 

E*  A  E  B

 

         E                             A          E

I got two broken wings – I can’t fly

E                                       B

I lost my directions when I fell from the sky

E                                            A                       E

And I need a place to stop and mend my broken bones

E                                                B

Before I find my way back to my mountain top home

 

E                           A    E                                                  B

Mmmm, it’s been a long time since I looked in the eyes of a friend

E                           A    E                                                                       B

Mmmm, it’s been a long time, time, time - I thought my quest would never end

 

E                                                A                  E

The only way to bring me down is fill me full of holes

E                                          B

But you can’t stop my soaring soul

E                 A                E

Here I go – Flyin' to the sun

E                             B

But I’m not the only one

             E                                   A                 E

There’s many people there you’ve never seen before

E                                                B

You never really cared enough to open up your doors

 

        E                                     A                         E

And mighty misty mountain that washed out to the sea

E                                                      B

There used to be a mountain here but now there’s just me 

 

                E      A      E

And I got time, time, time, time

E                                   B

You gotta keep on flying high

                E      A      E

And I got time, time, time, time

E                              B

You gotta try till you die

 

E                                                    A                             E

I feel like a mountaintop that’s been weather worn to the ground

E                                                  B

I’m not quite so tall anymore but I sure have spread around

E            A           E                                    B

Oooooh, time, time - It makes you old and it makes you blind

E           A                      E

Yeeeah, time, time, time, time

E                                     B

It heals all wounds – Is it gonna heal mine?

 

                E                             A         E

And I got two broken wings and I can’t fly

E                                       B

I lost my directions when I fell from the sky

E                                            A

And I need a place to stop and mend my broken bones

E                                                B

Before I find my way back to my mountain top home, yeah

 

A  B  D  C#  B  A  G  F#  E*  A  B  E