{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2667618,"song":"The Bird","artist":"Jerry Reed","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521345-the-bird-chords-by-jerry-reed/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2667618?type=chord","rating":4.54867,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, my throat was dry and it was a-getting late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was at this bar on an interstate[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen a guy with this bird on his shoulder walked through the door, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe proceeded to tell me the wildest thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said sir, this bird of mine can sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike no other bird you have ever heard before[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I kinda looked at the guy and said, oh really[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe turned to the bird and said do ole Willie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the bird started singing I almost fell to the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhiskey River take my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't let her memory torture me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhiskey River don't run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAh, you're all I've got take care of me[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell, if that ain't the durndest thing\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I thought son, what a heck of a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA man could get rich making that bird sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I could feel this wild idea coming on strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd besides I'm sitting here with two weeks pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd probably blow it on beer anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen he said hey, wait 'til you hear him sing like George Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe stopped loving her today[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey placed a wreath upon his door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSoon they'll carry him away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe stopped loving her today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said well, that does it sir[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYep, I'd like to buy that bird[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFive hundred dollars to take him off your hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, he thought for a while and he said alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he handed me the bird and he said good night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe counted my money and out the door he ran[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell, I was thinking I'd found the rainbow's end[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat the money would soon be pouring in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]                                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen suddenly the bird just flew out the door and was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWell, then it hit me and I got boiling mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause I knew right then that I'd been had[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]                                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd as he flew off into the night he was singing this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D#7[/ch]\r\nI just can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe life I love is making money with my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D#7[/ch]\r\nI just can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe life I love is making money with my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D#7[/ch]\r\nI just can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe life I love is making money with my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't wait to get on the road again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn the road again[/tab]\r\n\r\n(fade out)","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, if that ain't the durndest thing\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(fade out)","chords":["A","D","E","G","B","F#","D#7","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}