Chords with lyrics
Verse:
A minorAm G+G
Night so still, silent the Whippoorwill
E minorEm FF G+G
And down by the river a sweet moaning can be heard
A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA moon so thin, milk on their skin
E minorEm FF A minorAm
Whispering betrayal, Love's a dirty little bird
Chorus:
C/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little wings
FF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
DmDm G+G
Down by the river, sweet moaning can be heard
FF E minorEm A minorAm
It's telling me my love's a dirty little bird
Verse:
A minorAm G+G
It was long ago I was young and fine
E minorEm FF G+G
When he took me by the hand and promised that his heart'd be mine
A minorAm G+G
We prayed for a son, I could bear him none
E minorEm FF A minorAm
Barren and bitter love's a dirty little bird
Chorus:
C/GC/G
He's a dirty little bird with dirty little claws
FF
That prance and creep and pleasure seek behind the bedroom doors
DmDm G+G
And he gives out all the tenderness I yearn
FF E minorEm A minorAm
For, My love's a dirty little bird
Chorus:
C/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little eyes
FF
That bare my soul -it's a heavy toll
And tell me I should wise up and
DmDm G+G
Heed all the lessons I could learn
FF E minorEm A minorAm
My love's a dirty little bird
Verse:
A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA womans heart can be broken some
E minorEm FF G+G
And her mind and her spirit they will see her overcome
A minorAm G+G
But break a womans pride and woe to you
E minorEm
You'd better go and grab your gun man
FF A minorAm
There's no telling what she'll do
Chorus:
C/GC/G
Dirty little birds got dirty little beaks
FF
That peck and pry the wretched lies
For revenge that they seek
DmDm G+G
And she's walking down the path of no return
FF E minorEm A minorAm
Woe to that Dirty Little bird
Interlude:
C/GC/G
You take my heart and you take my time
FF
You leave my soul without grace or pride
DmDm G+G
You take what's yours and you break what's mine
E minorEm FF A minorAm
You take and you take
Chorus:
C/GC/G
Dirty little bird got dirty little wings
FF
That fly across the night on high to other pretty things
DmDm G+G
Down by the river sweet moaning can be heard
FF
It's telling me
E minorEm A minorAm
My love's a dirty little bird