Mockingbird

mockingbird by ryan adams , this song has a lot of noodling subtlety about it that i’v gutted to get down a simple chord version , listen to the original and you might be able to incorporate some of the nuances . C#m mockingbirds sing E A sing me what the lord was singing F#m C#m on the day he made the water A E the color of the blues C#m sing me that song E A sing me to till the heavens rising F#m C#m on the day he made the water A E the color of my baby’s eyes "riff over this bit , it follows the pattern of the voice" : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - 222222222 - 2 | D | - - 222222222 - 2 | A | - - 224442244 - 4 | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - | love her in the ways you want to be loved love her in the ways she wants to be loved love her in the ways you want to be loved E but the way i’m loving her Bm it must not be enough A E cause in the way she cries Bm it only tears me up A E i feel dead inside and dying C#m A and if you give up E Bm7 E don’t give up on love Bm7 don’t give up on love "exactly the same from here on out" the rivers they run they run until they get too tired until they run behind the houses and they become a creek when i was a child i ran until the creek became a river when it turned into the ocean i wondered why he’d made it so deep love her in the ways you want to be loved love her in the ways you want to be loved love her in the ways you want to be loved but the way i’m loving her must not be enough cause the way she cries it only tears me up i feel dead inside and dying don’t give up cause in a way she’s crying it only tears me up i feel dead inside and dying give up don’t give up on love don’t give up on love love her in the ways you want to be loved love her in the ways you want to be loved love her in the ways you want to be loved sometimes it ain’t enough sometimes it ain’t enough but don’t give up on love