Feed the birds       (Listen to midi)

 

     Am            Dm              F                     E

1. Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's,

          Am         E                Am

    the little old bird woman comes.

               Am              Dm              F                E

    In her own special way to the people she calls,

      Am                    E                Am

    "Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.

 

       G                                        C

    Come feed the little birds, show them you care,

      G                                   C   - E

    and you'll be glad if you do.

              Am                    Dm                 F                  E

    Their young ones are hungry, their nests are so bare,

           Am         E                     Am - G

    all it takes is tuppence from yo…….u."

 

       C          Em     F                 C

    Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,

     F               C              D                G

    tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.

        C          Em         F                      C

    "Feed the birds," that's what she cries,

        F             C            G                C        - E

    while overhead, her birds fill the skies.

 

            Am               Dm           Am                E

2. All around the cathedral the saints and apostles

             Am                E           Am

    look down as she sells her wares.

           C                      G                 C                     G

    Although you can't see it, you know they are smiling,

              C                        E                 Am     - G

    each time someone shows that he cares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         C             Em            F                C

    Though her words are simple and few,

     F        C                  D            G

    listen, listen, she's calling to you:

         C         Em     F                  E

    "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,

     F             Dm             F            G   C       - E

    tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."

 

 

+ repeat verse 2, lines 1 to 4 as instrumental

 

         C             Em            F                C

    Though her words are simple and few,

     F        C                  D            G

    listen, listen, she's calling to you:

         C         Em     F                  E

    "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,

     F             Dm             F            G   F      - C

    tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag."

 

 

(orig. = capo 6th)    (from „Mary Poppins“)