HARDY - the mockingbird & THE CROW: chords

C
I grew up in a little town named after another
 G
Catching bass and cutting grass is how
I spent my summers
    F
I know it sounds cliche, but it's how I was raised
    C
And I got my first guitar from
a pawn shop off of poplar
 G
Picked up Sweet Home Alabama, and Smoke On The Water
      F
And that's what got me out
It's crazy thinking now

Chorus:
       C
I'm a mockingbird
                                     G
Singing songs that sound like other songs
you've heard
                                           Dm
Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad
red dirt, and how Mississippi's home
     F
I've always been a mockingbird but
                                    C
Now I'm a mockingbird with a microphone

I found myself a contract down on Sixteenth Avenue
Writing songs for anyone about anything I knew
And I've come a long long way
But one thing hasn't changed

Chorus:
I'm a mockingbird
Singing songs that sound like other songs
you've heard
Like Friday nights and headlights on some
backroad red dirt
And how Mississippi's home
I've always been a mockingbird but now
I'm a mockingbird with a microphone
A mockingbird with a microphone
Ooh, with a microphone, with a microphone,
with a microphone

C
Do this, do that, that shirt, this hat
D#
Don't forget to smile
F                         C
Kiss the ring once in a while
C
Don't say, those words, put down your finger
D#
Throw in a slow love song or two
F
Well fuck that, and fuck you 'cause

Chorus:
C                           D#
The way I sing may not be pretty
                          F
May not be music to your ears
But when these wings roll through your city
                         C
My last name is all you hear
                     D#
And I refuse to be another
                          F
Mockingbird with a microphone
I'll fly the line I choose to brother
                            C
Even if that makes me the crow
The crow, the crow
                           D#
Even if that makes me the crow
                F
The crow, the crow, the crow

Well, do that, do this
Unclench your fist
You're too loud, you're too proud, it won't work
Well, tell that to twenty
five thousand rednecks with my dumb
face on their T-shirt

Chorus:
The way I sing may not be pretty
May not be music to your ears
But when these wings roll through your city
My last name is all you hear
And I refuse to be another
Mockingbird with a microphone
I'll fly the line I choose to, brother
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow,
the crow
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow,
the crow, the crow

Chorus:
I'm a mockingbird
Singing songs that sound like other
songs you've heard
Like Friday nights and headlights on
some backroad red dirt
And how Mississippi's home
I've always been a mockingbird but now
I'm a mockingbird and I'm the crow