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Pretty Little Bird

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INTRO:
    C|  Bb   A|     Dm|     C|     F| Fm  
COh you pretty liEmttle bird
I Bbwanna be like Ayou
Up in the Dmair, flying Ffree
CNobody's holding Bbyou dFown
FmAnd you ain't gotta wait aCround
CPacked up your Embags and you're Amleaving
CNothing I can dEmo to make you stAmay
CPatch up the waEmlls and I'll paiAmnt them
CBut these walls Emain't got much Amto say
And they don't Dmcare the way you Fdo
COh you pretty liEmttle bird
I Bbwanna be like Ayou
Up in the Dmair, flying Ffree
CNobody's holding Bbyou dFown
FmAnd you ain't gotta waCit around
CBrought another Emboy home last nAmight
CCouldn't even tEmell you his nameAm  
CMight've been JEmohn, or James, oAmr Jimmy
CDoesn't matter, Emthey're all the Amsame
And they don't Dmcare the way you Fdo
COh you Empretty liBbttle birdA  Dm  
CNobody's holding Bbyou dFown
FmAnd you ain't gotta Cwait around
FmOh you pretty bird!C  
FmOh you pretty bird!C  
E                  F          G
CmOh you pretty bird!G  
CmOh you pretty bird!G  
  E|   Am|   C| 
GOh you Bmpretty little bird
FI wanna be liEke you
Up in the Amair, flying Cfree
GNobody's holding Fyou CdownCm  
           G
CmOh you pretty bird!G  
There might be some inaccurate chords here and there, criticism is very welcome 
(just don't be harsh, I did my best) :)

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Pretty Little Bird

by Balthrop, Alabama

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

INTRO:

C Bb A Dm C F Fm

| | | | |

C Em

Oh you pretty little bird

Bb A

I wanna be like you

Dm F

Up in the air, flying free

C Bb F

Nobody's holding you down

Fm C

And you ain't gotta wait around

C Em Am

Packed up your bags and you're leaving

C Em Am

Nothing I can do to make you stay

C Em Am

Patch up the walls and I'll paint them

C Em Am

But these walls ain't got much to say

Dm F

And they don't care the way you do

C Em

Oh you pretty little bird

Bb A

I wanna be like you

Dm F

Up in the air, flying free

C Bb F

Nobody's holding you down

Fm C

And you ain't gotta wait around

C Em Am

Brought another boy home last night

C Em Am

Couldn't even tell you his name

C Em Am

Might've been John, or James, or Jimmy

C Em Am

Doesn't matter, they're all the same

Dm F

And they don't care the way you do

C Em Bb A Dm

Oh you pretty little bird

C Bb F

Nobody's holding you down

Fm C

And you ain't gotta wait around

Fm C

Oh you pretty bird!

Fm C

Oh you pretty bird!

E F G

Cm G

Oh you pretty bird!

Cm G

Oh you pretty bird!

E Am C

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G Bm

Oh you pretty little bird

F E

I wanna be like you

Am C

Up in the air, flying free

G F C Cm

Nobody's holding you down

Cm G

Oh you pretty bird!

There might be some inaccurate chords here and there, criticism is very welcome

(just don't be harsh, I did my best) :)

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