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Strange Bird

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Capo 4 
Start with  C(changing bass note from  Cto  Gwhile fingerpicking) 
[Verse 1]
CSome birds fly south
Some Embirds stay at home 
Some Cbirds flock C7together 
FSome birds fly alone 
             Fm                                                         C  G  
There's been red headed, blond feathered, long legged birds I've come to know
And some have flown 
[Verse 2]
Then there's those Chell of a time birds 
And Emjust for tonight birds 
CBring em' pretty C7flowers and 
       FFm
Payed for by the hour 
       C          C  
No I'm not one for praying 
            G                            C  
But there's one bird I'm waiting on
[Chorus]
She's a AmstraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
AmStraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
DmSomewhere Emup Fhigher 
She's Dmsinging Emon a FwiGre for Cme 
[Verse 3]
Oh I've Clonged for other songs 
Yes I've Emeven hummed along 
Played the Cfield and C7even played the Ffool 
       Fm                              C  
Oh but somewhere all alone there's a bird that sings my song 
She's Gwild and lonesome and Cblue 
[Chorus]
She's a AmstraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
AmStraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
DmSomewhere Emup Fhigher 
She's Dmsinging Emon a FwiGre for Cme 
And she sings 
(whistled melody while playing C, Em, C, C7, F, C, G, C) 
[Chorus]
She's a AmstraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
AmStraEmaaaFaange Cbird 
DmSomewhere Emup Fhigher 
She's Dmsinging Emlike a Fchoir 
DmPretty Emon a FwiGre for Cme
[Outro]
Dm, Em, F...Dm, Em, F, G, C  

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Strange Bird

by Andrew Combs

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 4

C C G

Start with (changing bass note from to while fingerpicking)

[Verse 1]

Some birds fly south

Some birds stay at home

C C7

Some birds flock together

Some birds fly alone

C G

There's been red headed, blond feathered, long legged birds I've come to know

And some have flown

[Verse 2]

Then there's those hell of a time birds

And just for tonight birds

C C7

Bring em' pretty flowers and

Payed for by the hour

No I'm not one for praying

But there's one bird I'm waiting on

[Chorus]

Am Em F C

She's a straaaaaange bird

Am Em F C

Straaaaaange bird

Dm Em F

Somewhere up higher

Dm Em F G C

She's singing on a wire for me

[Verse 3]

Oh I've longed for other songs

Yes I've even hummed along

C C7 F

Played the field and even played the fool

Oh but somewhere all alone there's a bird that sings my song

G C

She's wild and lonesome and blue

[Chorus]

Am Em F C

She's a straaaaaange bird

Am Em F C

Straaaaaange bird

Dm Em F

Somewhere up higher

Dm Em F G C

She's singing on a wire for me

And she sings

C Em C C7 F C G C

(whistled melody while playing , , , , , , , )

[Chorus]

Am Em F C

She's a straaaaaange bird

Am Em F C

Straaaaaange bird

Dm Em F

Somewhere up higher

Dm Em F

She's singing like a choir

Dm Em F G C

Pretty on a wire for me

[Outro]

Dm Em F Dm Em F G C

, , ..., , , ,

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