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Birds and Ships
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Words by Woody Guthrie
Music by Billy Bragg

Tabbed by Paul Carey

This song has two sections/riffs that Billy Bragg plays. 
One is for the intro/verses and the other for the choruses. 
The tab I've supplied is very basic and if you listen to the 
recording you'll notice a lot more fiddly bits played by Billy. 
Unfortunately I'm not up to the task of figuring them out, 
so I'll leave it to someone else to build on the basic tab 
for the song that I figured out....


Riff A) Intro and Verses

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-2-4-4-2-2-0-2-4-0---------0-4-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2---------|
A|-0------0-0-0-0--------0-5-4-2--------------0--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|


Riff B) "Birds may be singing.."

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-4-4-2------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-0-0-4-2-0-------0-4-0-2-0-2-4-5-4-2-----------------|
A|-----------------5-4-2-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|


This is how the those riffs appear in the tune:

Intro - Riff A x2

Riff A
The birds are singing in your eyes today
Sweet flowers blossom in your smile

Riff A
The wind and sun are in the words you say
Where might your lonesome lover be?

Riff B
Birds may be singing in my eyes this day
Sweet flowers blossom when I smile

Riff A
But my soul is stormy and my heart blows wild
My sweetheart rides a ship on the sea.

Billy Bragg plays Riff B solo

Riff A
Though my soul is stormy and my heart blows wild
Where might my lonesome lover be?