What Kind Of Bird Is That
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1963 Album 500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME)
[Intro]
Bm D G A Bm D G A
[Chorus]
D Em A7 D
What kind of bird is that the one with the bright red breast
G A D Bm G A D Em
I know it can't just can't be the robin cause my love is not back yet
[Verse 1]
A7 D G
The one I love and wanted to marry had to leave before she became my bride
A D Bm G
But she said she'd return before the robin would return
A D
And with together we'd spend our lives
Em
And she said she'd return along before the robin return
A7 D
And together we'd watch the leaves turn green
G A D Bm
She showed me then just how much she love me
G A D
And she and I and the robin can spend the spring
[Chorus]
D Em A7 D
So what kind of bird is that the one with the bright red breast
G A D Bm G A D Bb Eb Fm
I know it can't just can't be the robin cause my love is not back yet
[Verse 2]
Bb7 Eb7 Ab
So who could be playin' tricks on me by the time that I relax and countin' leaves
Bb7 Eb7 Cm
That can't be a spring yeah surely that can't be
Ab Bb Eb
Cause the one I love she's not with me
[Chorus]
Eb Fm Bb7 Eb
Oh what kind of bird is that the one with the bright red breast
Ab Bb Eb Cm Ab Bb Cm Eb Ab Bb Eb
I know it can't just can't be the robin cause my love is not back yet
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