If you want to be a bird
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- A - D - A - A7 - D - D7
If you want
to be a bi……………..................rd.
+ G - A - D - A - A7 - D + A - G - D - A - A7
+ G - A - D - A - A7 - D
G A D
1. If you want to be a bird, why don't you try a little flying,
A - A7 D
- D7
there's no denying, it
gets you high.
G
Why be shackled to your feet,
A D
when you've got wings you
haven't used yet ?
A
- A7 D
Don't wait for heaven, get out and fly !
A
2. Just glide there through the clear air,
G
making figure eights through
the pearly gates,
D
A - A7
where the
soul and the universe meet.
G A D
If you want to be a bird, it
won't take much to get you up there,
A - A7 D
but when you come down, land
on your feet.
+ G - A - D - A - A7 - D (2x)
+ repeat verse 2
+ G - A - D - A - A7 - D - D7 ….
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Holy Modal Rounders)