A Bird Named Yesterday
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BCapotraste:
2nd traste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1967 Album A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY)
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
A
[Chorus]
D A
I had a bird he flew away
E7 A7
And I guess he's gone to stay
D A
But I see him winging on his way
E7 D A7 C
My flyaway bird named Yesterday
[Verse 1]
C G C
He's over the place of my birth
D A7 D
He's circling a spot that I know
G D
He's hanging around the saw mill town
C A7
Where the gentle summer breezes blow
[Chorus]
D A
I had a bird he flew away
E7 A7
And I guess he's gone to stay
D A
But I see him winging on his way
E7 D A7 C
My flyaway bird named Yesterday
[Verse 2]
C G C D A7 D
He's riding on a train, he's down at the old swimming hole
G D
He'll fly 'til he finds that old gang of mine
N.C. A
Then he'll search for a tree a big tall oak tree
G C A A7
Then he'll look from his perch at the old country church
[Chorus]
D A
I had a bird he flew away
E7 A7
And I guess he's gone to stay
D A
But I see him winging on his way
E7 D A7
My flyaway bird named Yesterday
[Outro]
A7
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