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Bluebird

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FI'm lost in the night     F/E  DmThe icy wind is Amhowling out your Am7name 
Bb7and desolation lingers like a fog    And the Cfires growing dimmer in the C7wind
FI'm out in the rain       F/E  DmThe moon Amhas gone behind the clouAm7d again 
Bb7And I can't stand to live another C7day cause my bluebird Fwent away 
And I'm Am7lost in this room with my Dmsorrow, NBb7o escape, no way to get away 
And my Am7only connection with tDmomorrow is hBb7oping that you Am7might decide 
Bb7not to stay Am7away 
FI'm out on a limb      F/EIDmf I could only Amfind sweet love Am7again 
Bb7Living my live this way is too much to bear 
C7Can't find my blue bird anywhere, Fanywhere 
     Dm      A7     Bb7(repeat)
Oooh--ooh-oooh, etc.
FI'm lost in the night     F/ETDmhe icy wind is Amhowling out your Am7name 
Bb7and desolation lingers like a fog  AnCd the fires growing dimmer C7in the wind 
FI'm out in the rain    F/ETDmhe moon has gone bAmehind the cloud Am7again 
ABb7nd I can't stand to live another day
C7Bluebird why did you go aFway 
Bb7Tell me bluebird why did yDmou go away 
Bb7Oh little bluebird why did you Dmgo away won't you tell me
Play F/E as a bar chord F with the 6th string uncovered and hammer on the open bass note E string.
The F chord before the F/E should be played as a full bar chord (with an F bass note).

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Bluebird

by Leon Russell

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/E

Am7

Bb7

F F/E Dm Am Am7

I'm lost in the night The icy wind is howling out your name

Bb7 C C7

and desolation lingers like a fog And the fires growing dimmer in the wind

F F/E Dm Am Am7

I'm out in the rain The moon has gone behind the cloud again

Bb7 C7 F

And I can't stand to live another day cause my bluebird went away

Am7 Dm Bb7

And I'm lost in this room with my sorrow, No escape, no way to get away

Am7 Dm Bb7 Am7

And my only connection with tomorrow is hoping that you might decide

Bb7 Am7

not to stay away

F F/E Dm Am Am7

I'm out on a limb If I could only find sweet love again

Bb7

Living my live this way is too much to bear

C7 F

Can't find my blue bird anywhere, anywhere

Dm A7 Bb7

(repeat)

Oooh--ooh-oooh, etc.

F F/E Dm Am Am7

I'm lost in the night The icy wind is howling out your name

Bb7 C C7

and desolation lingers like a fog And the fires growing dimmer in the wind

F F/E Dm Am Am7

I'm out in the rain The moon has gone behind the cloud again

Bb7

And I can't stand to live another day

C7 F

Bluebird why did you go away

Bb7 Dm

Tell me bluebird why did you go away

Bb7 Dm

Oh little bluebird why did you go away won't you tell me

Play F/E as a bar chord F with the 6th string uncovered and hammer on the open bass note E string.

The F chord before the F/E should be played as a full bar chord (with an F bass note).

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