Strange Bird Cifras

Capo 4
 
Start with C (changing bass note from C to G while fingerpicking)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C
Some birds fly south
     Em
Some birds stay at home 
     C           C7
Some birds flock together 
F
Some 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]
 
                   C
Then there's those hell of a time birds 
    Em
And just for tonight birds 
C                C7
Bring em' pretty flowers and 
 
F       Fm
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]
 
        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]
 
        C
Oh I've longed for other songs 
         Em
Yes I've even hummed along 
           C         C7              F
Played the field and even played the fool 
       Fm                              C
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
(whistled melody while playing C, Em, C, C7, F, C, G, C)
 
 
[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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