R.E.M. - Parakeet

         G            F#m          E
you wake up in the morning
       D            C#        E
and fall out of your bed
  D           C#            E
mean cats eat parakeets
  D                           C      Eb
and this one's nearly dead.
  G                   F#m        E
you dearly wish the wind shift
             D               C#         E
and greasy windows slide
  D         C#          E
open for the parakeet
                 D           C     Eb
who's colored bitter lime.
 
  Em               C
open the window
       Am              Bm         D
and lift into your dreams
Em     C             Am                  D        Ebm
lately, baby, you can barely breathe.

Repeat chords for remaining verses

a broken wrist, an accident
you know that something's wrong
you fold the leavings of your past
no one knows you've gone.
the sunspot flares of the early
nineties light up your wings.
and scan the shortwave radio
it's tracking outer range.
 
open the window
and lift into your dreams
baby, baby, you can start to breathe
 
the tectonic dispatcher shifts
to smooth the ocean floor
and flattens out to warmer winds
of brisbane's sunny shore.
where buddhas tend to mending wrists
a tea made from the leaves
of eucalyptus fragrances
and coriander seeds.
 
open your window
and lift into a dream
baby, baby, baby starts to breathe
open the window
and lift into a dream
baby, baby, baby starts to breathe

 
you wake up in the morning
to warm pacific breeze
where means cats chew on licorice
            D            C             G#m
and cannot climb the trees