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
