Birdie chords by Avril Lavigne

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Bb majorBb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bb majorBb


Intro:
G minorGm Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb
G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb


Verse 1:
G minorGm      Bb majorBb       C minorCm     Eb MajorEb
 Like a bird locked up in a cage called love
G minorGm             Bb majorBb       C majorC Eb MajorEb
 He clipped her wings when she was born to fly
    G minorGm     Bb majorBb       C minorCm
He said "A pretty bird you can't sing
         Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
But I’ll buy you diamonds and ruby rings"
      Bb majorBb         C majorC Eb MajorEb
Like a bird locked up in a cage

Chorus 1:
        G minorGm    Bb majorBb      C minorCm    Eb MajorEb
And how can I escape this place and go higher higher?
      G minorGm    Bb majorBb        C minorCm  Eb MajorEb
How can I avoid the flames from your fire fire?
  G minorGm   Bb majorBb      C minorCm   Eb MajorEb
And oh you can't hold me down no
G minorGm   Bb majorBb
Oh you can't pull me down
C minorCm     N.C. G minorGm  Bb majorBb    C minorCm
 So birdie fly away (Higher higher)
     Eb MajorEb  G minorGm  Bb majorBb    C minorCm
So birdie fly away (Higher higher)
     Eb MajorEb
So birdie fly away


Verse 2:
G minorGm           Bb majorBb        C minorCm    Eb MajorEb
 I’m tired of getting lost inside this maze all day
G minorGm            Bb majorBb      C majorC  Eb MajorEb
 Your twisted words are getting to my head
   G minorGm      Bb majorBb         C minorCm
I say "And no more glasses and seeing stars
      Eb MajorEb         G minorGm
And no more bruises and battle scars"
      Bb majorBb       C majorC  Eb MajorEb
Like a bird locked up in a cage

Chorus 2:
        G minorGm    Bb majorBb      C minorCm    Eb MajorEb
And how can I escape this place and go higher higher?
      G minorGm    Bb majorBb        C minorCm  Eb MajorEb
How can I avoid the flames from your fire fire?
  G minorGm   Bb majorBb      C minorCm   Eb MajorEb
And oh you can't hold me down no
G minorGm   Bb majorBb
Oh you can't pull me down
C minorCm     N.C. G minorGm  Bb majorBb    C minorCm
 So birdie fly away (Higher higher)
     Eb MajorEb  G minorGm  Bb majorBb    C minorCm
So birdie fly away (Higher higher)
     Eb MajorEb
So birdie fly away


Bridge:
       G minorGm   Bb majorBb
I ain't your prisoner
     C minorCm      Eb MajorEb
You can't lock me up no more
       G minorGm      Bb majorBb
I'll show you what I'm worth
        C majorC    Eb MajorEb
Take back what I deserve
       G minorGm   Bb majorBb
I ain’t your prisoner
     C minorCm        Eb MajorEb
You can’t chain me down no more
       G minorGm    Bb majorBb
Goddamn it's gonna hurt
        D MajorD
So fly away little bird


Chorus 3:
        N.C.
And how can I escape this place and go higher higher?
How can I avoid the flames from your fire fire?
  G minorGm   Bb majorBb      C minorCm   Eb MajorEb
And oh you can't hold me down no
G minorGm   Bb majorBb
Oh you can't pull me down
C minorCm     Eb MajorEb
 So birdie fly away


Outro:
G minorGm
(Oh oh oh)
Bb majorBb         C minorCm
 Can you hear me? (Oh oh oh)
Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
 Are you listening? (Oh oh oh)
Bb majorBb      C minorCm      Eb MajorEb
 Set me free set me free
G minorGm
(Oh oh oh)
Bb majorBb         C minorCm
 Can you hear me? (Oh oh oh)
Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
 Are you listening? (Oh oh oh)
Bb majorBb      C minorCm      Eb MajorEb
 Set me free set me free

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