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Little Bird

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The Beach Boys - Little Bird 
 Gm- x 10 12 12 11 10 
Dm7/ G- x 10 10 10 10 10 
 Bb- 6 8 8 7 6 6
 F7- x 8 7 8 6 x
 C- 8 10 10 9 8 8 
 G7- x 10 9 10 8 x
Eb/Bb - 6 6 8 8 8 6
 G- 3 2 x x x 3
 D- x x x 2 3 2
Verse 1
GmLittle bird up Dm7/Gin a tree ,
Looked Gmdown and sang a sDm7/Gong to me
Of Gmhow it began
Chorus 1
BbNa ,na,na,F7na,na,na
Na ,Bbna,na,na,F7na,na,na
Na ,Bbna,na,na
Verse 2
GmThe trout in the sDm7/Ghiny brook 
Gave the wGmorm another look ,
And told me nDm7/Got to worry a-Gmbout my life 
Chorus 2
CNa ,na,na,G7na,na,na
Na ,Cna,na,na,G7na,na,na
Na ,Cna,na,na,na
Verse 3
GmThe tree in my oDm7/Gwn backyard,
Stands Gmall alone , 
Bears fDm7/Gruit for me and it tGmastes so good. 
Bridge 1 
BbmWhere's my pretty Eb/Bbbird ? 
He Bbmmust have flown Eb/Bbaway.
If i Bbmkeep singing, 
He'll come back somEb/Bbe day 
Verse 4
GmDawn, Dm7/GBirds stil gone 
GmGuess ill go Dm7/Gmow the lawn Gm  
Bridge 2
BbWhat a day , F7What a day 
Bbooh , what a F7beautiful day this Bbis. 
Instrumental
|   G|    D|    G|    D|    G|
Bboooh_F7___Bb___F7___Bb___
Verse 5
GmLittle bird up in a tree 
Looked Dm7/Gdown and sang a song to me 
GmThe trout in a shiny brook 
Gave the Dm7/Gworm another look ,
And told me not to worry aCbout my life G7  
Outro
A Clittle bird looked down , 
and sang a sG7ong to me . 
A Clittle bird looked down , 
and sang a sG7ong to me. 
A Clittle bird looked down ,
and sang a sG7ong to me .             To fade 
Great song written by Dennis Wilson on the album Friends

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Little Bird

by The Beach Boys

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Dm7/G

Bbm

Eb/Bb

The Beach Boys - Little Bird

- x 10 12 12 11 10

Dm7 G

/ - x 10 10 10 10 10

- 6 8 8 7 6 6

- x 8 7 8 6 x

- 8 10 10 9 8 8

- x 10 9 10 8 x

Eb/Bb - 6 6 8 8 8 6

- 3 2 x x x 3

- x x x 2 3 2

Verse 1

Gm Dm7/G

Little bird up in a tree ,

Gm Dm7/G

Looked down and sang a song to me

Of how it began

Chorus 1

Bb F7

Na ,na,na,na,na,na

Bb F7

Na ,na,na,na,na,na,na

Na ,na,na,na

Verse 2

Gm Dm7/G

The trout in the shiny brook

Gave the worm another look ,

Dm7/G Gm

And told me not to worry a-bout my life

Chorus 2

C G7

Na ,na,na,na,na,na

C G7

Na ,na,na,na,na,na,na

Na ,na,na,na,na

Verse 3

Gm Dm7/G

The tree in my own backyard,

Stands all alone ,

Dm7/G Gm

Bears fruit for me and it tastes so good.

Bridge 1

Bbm Eb/Bb

Where's my pretty bird ?

Bbm Eb/Bb

He must have flown away.

Bbm

If i keep singing,

Eb/Bb

He'll come back some day

Verse 4

Gm Dm7/G

Dawn, Birds stil gone

Gm Dm7/G Gm

Guess ill go mow the lawn

Bridge 2

Bb F7

What a day , What a day

Bb F7 Bb

ooh , what a beautiful day this is.

Instrumental

G D G D G

| | | | | |

Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb

oooh_____________

Verse 5

Little bird up in a tree

Dm7/G

Looked down and sang a song to me

The trout in a shiny brook

Dm7/G

Gave the worm another look ,

C G7

And told me not to worry about my life

Outro

A little bird looked down ,

and sang a song to me .

A little bird looked down ,

and sang a song to me.

A little bird looked down ,

and sang a song to me . To fade

Great song written by Dennis Wilson on the album Friends

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