Gild The Lily - Billy Strings

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Key D no capo

[Intro]
         

      

         

      

         

      

[Verse 1]
             
Sitting under 

            
the cypress tr

             
ee I saw a mir

            
acle flying hi

gh
              
I tuned into t

             
he song that s

       
he was singing
             
  The melody w

      
as an honest f

riend and it
             
Felt like I wa

              
s learning to 


fly
              
But I fear I’l

             
l never know t

   
he feeling

[Chorus]
            
   It must be 

              
nice (it must 

     
feel good) to 

just be heard
             
  And it might

             
 sound a bit a


bsurd
            
  I’d sing alo

            
ng with the bi

rds
            
  I’d sing alo

        
ng if I only k

new the words
            
  I’d sing alo

             
ng with the bi

              
rds, if I only

         
 knew the word

s

[Solo]
         

       

[Verse 2]
             
  Staring into

     
 the wishing w

ell has got yo

u
             
Feeling a part

       
icular way
              
You can’t stan

             
d to see your 

          
own reflection
             
  So, toss a p

         
enny and close

 your eyes
             
And try to thi

              
nk of somethin

     
g to say
             
  And don’t wa

             
ste your wishe

           
s on perfectio

n

[Chorus]
            
   It must be 

              
nice (it must 

     
feel good) to 

just be heard
             
  And it might

             
 sound a bit a


bsurd
            
  I’d sing alo

            
ng with the bi

rds
            
  I’d sing alo

        
ng if I only k

new the words
            
  I’d sing alo

             
ng with the bi

              
rds, if I only

         
 knew the word

s

[Bridge]
              
I’d master eve

           
ry verse until

            
 my spirit lea

        
rned to burst
             
Into the morni

         
ng sun
              
While my heart

           
 is on the run

[Solo]
         
      

         
      

[Verse 3]
             
  All the wind

        
 in the whistl

in’ world
             
Could whip a w

              
hisper any giv

   
en day
             
  Just to see 

             
if there was a

            
nyone to liste

n
             
  They say the

       
 April rain wi

ll fall
             
To resurrect t

              
he flowers of 


May
             
  You can’t kn

             
ow who you lov

              
e until you mi

   
ss them

[Chorus]
            
   It must be 

              
nice (it must 

     
feel good) to 

just be heard
             
  And it might

             
 sound a bit a


bsurd
            
  I’d sing alo

            
ng with the bi

rds
            
  I’d sing alo

        
ng if I only k

new the words
            
  I’d sing alo

             
ng with the bi

              
rds, if I only

         
 knew the word

s

[Solo]
         
       

         
       

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