Song: BLUEBIRD
Band: ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Written: JEFF LYNNE
Disc: SECRET MESSAGES (Track 3)
Tabbed: Nadja Dee (Seattle)
Note: I looked and looked online but nobody has tabbed this ELO track from Secret
This is NOT the famous Beatle’s Paul McCartney Bluebird…but it’s a very pretty song. Nothing
tricky, pretty straight forward song, easily played on acoustic guitar.
Format: Chord pro
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
Chords:
G - 320003
C - x32010
D – xx0232
Dm – xx0231
Am – x02210
Bb – x1333x
F - 133211
Eb – xxx343
Lyrics note: Lyrics in (parenthesis) are backing vocals.
Intro
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G C G C
VERSE 1
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G
The streets - (streets streets streets)
C
The signs are pointing all one way
G
But you (you you you)
C
Don't realize just what they say
CHORUS
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G
You may fight (you may fight)
D
You may run (you may run)
F
You may know (you may know)
C
What you've done (what you've done)
Eb
Ahaaaa
Bb Eb Bb
It makes me feel so sad (makes me feel so sad)
Eb Bb Eb Bb
To think what I might've had (what I might've had)
BRIDGE
*******
Bb
I watch the stars (watch the stars)
F
I watch the sun (I watch the sun)
C
Now I watch for any one (one one one)
Eb D
But it's only make believe
VERSE 2
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G
You work (work work work work)
You work (work work work work)
C
You work so hard and then (work work work work)
G
Someone (work work work work)
C
Someone will come around again (work work work work)
CHORUS
*******
G
You may think (you may think)
D
It's for real (it's for real)
F
But you know (but you know)
C
How you feel (how you feel)
Eb
Ahaaaa
Bb Eb Bb
The places that I go (places that I go)
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Don't feel good anymore (don't feel good anymore)
BRIDGE
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Bb
I see it all
F
Rainbows in fall (rainbows)
Bb C
I see her face upon my wall
Eb D
But it's only make believe
Note: fingerpick chords
G C Am
e----------------------|---3------3---|---0------0---|
B-----0----------0-----|-----1------1-|-----1------1-|
G-------0----------0---|-------0------|-------2------|
D---0-----0----0-----0-|--------------|--------------|
A----------------------|-3------------|-0------------|
E-3----------3---------|--------------|--------------|X2
FINGERPICK CHORDS
G
Fly away
C Am
Bluebird fly away from me
G
To a place
C Am
Somewhere far across the sea
STRUM CHORDS
CHORUS
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G
Fly away (fly away)
D
Far away (far away)
F
Don't look back (don't look back)
C
Go today (go today)
Eb
Ahaaaa
Bb Eb Bb
The waves that crash upon (crash upon the sand)
Eb Bb Eb Bb
Another place a far off land (place a far off land)
OUTRO
******
Bb
And every day (and every day)
Dm
I have to stay (I have to stay)
Bb
But you are free
C
You could fly away (fly away)
Eb D
But it's only make believe
G
Work work work work
C
Work work work work
G
Work work work work
C
Work work work work
G
Bluebird (work work work work)
C
Bluebird fly away from me
G
Bluebird
C
Bluebird fly away
G
Bluebird
C
Bluebird fly away from me
G
Bluebird
C
Bluebird fly away
G
Bluebird
C
Fly away away away
Enjoy!
Another obscure song tabbed by Nadja Dee!
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