Strange Bird chords by Andrew Combs

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
                                          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
Payed for by the hour
                  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
                                     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]