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The Bossa Nova Bird

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Gmajor
90BPM
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The Bossa Nova Bird: The Dells
#97 on BB Hot 100 on ARGO Records in 1962
INTRO:
G D G D
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
CHORUS:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
#1.
CUp in the air you go and make your wings fly.
(Floppity, flop, floppity, flop.)
GKick your legs, make a little hop.
(Hoppity-hop, hoppity-hop.)
CSpread your arms, way out wide.
(Flippity-flip, flippity-flip.)
DA-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
#2.
CMove your feet like you're scratching, both together.
(Scratch, scratch..feet, feet.)
GBend and pretend you shake a tailfeather
(Swish-swish-swash-swash.)
CA rain and a wind comes a cloudy sky.
(Piddle-paddle, piddle-paddle-poof-poof.)
DA-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
#3.
CMove your feet like you're scratching, both together.
(Scratch, scratch..feet, feet.)
GBend and pretend you shake a tailfeather
(Swish-swish-swash-swash.)
CA rain and a wind comes a cloudy sky.
(Piddle-paddle, piddle-paddle-poof-poof.)
DA-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
CHORUS:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird.
OUTRO:
DFly Ghigh, fly Dlow, let's Ggo, let's go, Dmake
like a Gbird, yeah, yeah.
DWhat kind of bird?..Bossa Nova Gbird..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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