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Yellow Bird

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[Intro] 
D
[Chorus]
DYellow bird, Aup high in banana Dtree.
DYellow bird, you Asit all alone like Dme.
EmDid you lady friend Dleave the nest again?
TAhat is very sad, Dmakes me feel so bad.
EmYou can fly away, Din the sky away.
AYour more lucky than Dme.
[Verse 1]
DI also had a Apretty girl, she's not with me Dtoday.
DThey're all the same those Apretty girls.
ATake tenderness, then they fly Daway.
[Chorus]
YDellow Bird Up AHigh in banana DTree
DYellow bird, you Asit all alone like Dme.
EmDid you lady friend Dleave the nest again?
AThat is very sad, Dmakes me feel so bad.
EmYou can fly away, Din the sky away.
AYour more lucky than Dme.
[Verse 2]
DWish that I were a Ayellow bird, I'd fly away with Dyou.
But I am not a Ayellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can Ddo.
DYellow bird, yellow bird.

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Yellow Bird

by The Mills Brothers

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[Intro]

[Chorus]

D A D

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.

D A D

Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Em D

Did you lady friend leave the nest again?

A D

That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.

Em D

You can fly away, in the sky away.

A D

Your more lucky than me.

[Verse 1]

D A D

I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.

D A

They're all the same those pretty girls.

A D

Take tenderness, then they fly away.

[Chorus]

D A D

Yellow Bird Up High in banana Tree

D A D

Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Em D

Did you lady friend leave the nest again?

A D

That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.

Em D

You can fly away, in the sky away.

A D

Your more lucky than me.

[Verse 2]

D A D

Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.

But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.

Nothing I can do.

Yellow bird, yellow bird.

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