Hummingbird Highway chords by Dar Williams

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F

Verse 1:
F
F
 Columbines are coming up down by the gate
                             F
For an ounce of sugar water on a broken plate
          Dm                          Bb
And I've dressed up my best dolls to celebrate
Eb  C      Eb
     You're  coming home from the
Gm
  Hummingbird
 C   F
Highway

Verse 2:
                           F
The hour has come and the hour has passed

Just when I think they got you at last
         Dm                         Bb           Eb
And the pirates have tied you to the  galleon's mast
C        Eb
 You're coming home from the
Gm
  Hummingbird
 C
Highway

Chorus:
F                Am
 Every time you round the bend
      Bb             C
I'll jump into your arms again
     Dm
You know my kind

I'm the
 Am
Hummingbird's friend
 Bb                      C        F
I'll help you find your way back home

Verse 3:
                                     F
You're laying out the treasures you brought for me

Cinnamon bark from a cinnamon tree
       Dm                            Bb
And a stone that you saw clear at the  bottom of the sea
Eb Bb  C  Eb            Gm          C
         Back from the hummingbird highway

Verse 4:
       F
But I never could imagine

I never could have guessed
                        F
You're opening the clasp on a tiny golden chest
        Dm                       Bb            Eb
It's a hummingbird's shell in a hummingbird's nest
Bb  C  Eb            Gm          C
      Back from the hummingbird highway

Chorus:
F                Am
 Every time you round the bend
      Bb           C
I'll jump into your arms again
     Dm
You know my kind
         Am
I'm the hummingbird's friend
 Bb                      C
I'll help you find your way

Verse 5:
         Dm
And the hummingbird you know he doesn't sing
     Am
The humming comes from his flapping wings
      Bb                         C
And he  only likes the sweetest things
                         F
Only likes the sweetest things

Verse 6:
   F
I'm putting out cinnamon rolls while they're hot
F
 I'm pouring out tea from a china blue pot
       Dm
And I don't think you're happy no
 Bb
I  know that you're not
Eb Bb  C         Eb
        But can't  blame it on the
 Gm
Hummingbird
 C
Highway

Verse 7:
                F
You say it's the older you feel it's the older  I get
                                F
Your highest of highs and your deepest regret
    Dm                          Bb
And no one ever says if you've gotten there yet
Eb  C     Eb
     Can't  blame it on the
 Gm
Hummingbird
 C
Highway

Verse 8:
       Dm
Cause you know

I know sometimes instead
     Am
You just get lost inside your head
   Bb                           Bb
And  sometimes can't get out of bed
C
  Now you're getting out of bed
     F             Am
And here you come around the bend
   Bb                 C
The  virus sends you back again
      Dm
I'll raise my flag  I'm
Am
  Loving

Bird's friend
   Bb                 C
I hope you find your way

Chorus:
F                   Am
 Every time you're around the bend
      Bb           C                Dm  Am
I'll jump into your arms again and we'll  fly
       Bb      C  F
We'll fly we'll  fly
            Am
Every time you're out of bend
      Bb        C
I'll jump into your arms again
   Dm                  Am
You  know my kind our loving best friend
 Bb                      C      F
I'll help you find your way back home